[65]. See ut supra, p. 13, note.
[66]. Galaxy, 1868. The innocent young Quaker girl did not find this “a disgusting preliminary!”
[67]. Personal letter.
[68]. To them were born two children, a son who died in early childhood; a daughter who lived to grow up and became educated as a physician.
[69]. Out of 189 graduates of the Philadelphia College whose status was reported in 1881, 56 were married women. The total number of graduates at that time was 276. (Rachel Bodley, “The College Story,” Commencement address, 1881.)
[70]. There were eight graduates. The first medical class that ever graduated in Philadelphia about a century before consisted of a single number.
[71]. Quite a group of bystanders collected to hear the discussion, which was animated by opposing cheers and hisses.
[72]. “To be addressed in public as doctor,” writes Dr. Zakzrewrka, “was painful, for all heads would turn to look at the woman thus stigmatized.” (Personal letter.) “Women,” said Dr. Blackwell at this time, “occupy an anomalous position, standing alone in medicine,—often opposed or ignored by the profession, not acknowledged by society, and separated from the usual pursuits and interests of women.”—(“An Appeal in behalf of the Medical Education of Women.” New York: 1856).
[73]. Personal letter of niece.—R. L. Fussell.
[74]. Annual Catalogue, 1854.