In Pursuit of a Grand Cause

Highlighting exceptional students and faculty of the Northwestern University Woman's Medical School

(l) Woman's Medical College building, 1872. Via Galter Special Collections. (r) Woman's Medical School building, 1897. Via Galter Special Collections.

Woman's Medical School founders William H. Byford, Mary Harris Thompson, and William G. Dyas. Via Galter Special Collections.

Students of the Woman's Medical School, ca. 1895-1899. Via Galter Special Collections.

Marie J. Mergler (1851-1901), MD 1879

Surgeon and mentor Marie J. Mergler, circa 1900. Via Internet Archive.

Marie Mergler's surgical clinic at the Woman's Hospital, circa 1900. Via Internet Archive.

Marie J. Mergler leads a surgical clinic at the Woman's Hospital, 1896. Via Galter Special Collections.

Sarah Hackett Stevenson (1849-1910), MD 1874

Physician and activist Sarah Hackett Stevenson, circa 1904. Via Internet Archive.

Illinois Woman's Hospital and Pharmacy building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Via HathiTrust.

Illinois Woman's Emergency Hospital at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Via HathiTrust.

Emma Ann Reynolds (1862-1917), MD 1896

(l) Pioneer and physician Emma Ann Reynolds, 1895. Via Galter Special Collections. (r) Emma Ann Reynolds, 1900. Via Newspapers.com.

Ward of Provident Hospital, circa 1900. Via Internet Archive.

Nurses at Provident Hospital, circa 1900. Via Internet Archive.

Alice Hamilton (1869-1970), MD 1893

Humanitarian and educator Alice Hamilton, c. 1915. Via Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

(top) Industrial nurses in a factory, 1920. (bottom left) Women and children working as oyster shuckers, 1911. (bottom right) Industrial nurse visiting a factory worker's home, 1919. All via Library of Congress.

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