Introduction

Poster designed by Medical Women's National Association to solicit funds for American Women's Hospitals.

Credit: National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

Like their male counterparts, America's women physicians were eager to serve their country, both at home and "over there." While women physicians' work stateside was well-received, they met resistance when they asked to be admitted to the miltary medical corps. The military was still a man's world, and female doctors were considered unsuited for the rigors of medical practice near the battlefields. This exhibit explores how the Great War affected medical women in the Nutmeg State.