Sarah Read Adamson Dolley, MD — obstetrics and gynecology
Courtesy Edward G. Miner Library, Rochester New York
Dr. Sarah Adamson Dolley (1829–1909) of Rochester, New York was the first woman physician to complete a hospital internship. She was a founder of one of the first general women’s medical societies, the Practitioners’ Society of Rochester, New York, and the Provident Dispensary for Women and Children (an outpatient clinic for the working poor) established by the society. She was also the first president of the Women’s Medical Society of New York State.
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