Background Information
An
illustration of anatomical lectures at the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary, Frank
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 16, 1870. The Women’s
Medical College was founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and
her sister, Emily Blackwell, in 1869.
National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine
The
exhibit, comprised of 6 panels and 2 multimedia kiosks, will
be displayed on
the 6th floor of Williston Library. Related
events will be held in the Stimson Room and
will include an opening reception as well as other programming,
which will be posted in the Exhibit
Programs section of this
website.
Support
from the following individuals contributed to the success
of the proposal: Marianne Doezema and Wendy
Watson (MHC Art
Museum), Peter Zieja (Facilities Management), Karen Remmler
(Weissman Center), Daryl Gehman (Career Development Center),
Amrita Basu (Five College Women’s Studies Research
Center), Danielle Kovacs (Manuscript Archivist, University
of Massachusetts),
Charles Haight (Communications), Deb Morrissey, Gail Scanlon
and Pat Albanese.
Planning
Committee:
Pat Albanese (CIO, Librarian of LITS), Lee Bowie (Dean
of Faculty), Sarah Bacon (Associate Professor of Biological
Sciences), Rochelle
Calhoun (Director of Alumnae Association), Wendy Watson
(Art
Museum), Kevin McCaffrey (Director of Communications),
Sarah Barrett (Editor, Communications), Lynn Morgan
(Professor
of Anthropology and Director of 5-College Culture, Health & Science
Program), Sherrill Redmon (Sophia Smith Collection),
Lois Brown (Associate Professor of English and Director
of the
Weissman
Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts), Paige Roberts
(Archivist, Springfield College), Danielle Kovacs (Curator
of Manuscripts and University Archives, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst), chair Jennifer Gunter King
(Head of Archives
and Special Collections, Mount Holyoke College), Heather
Wilkinson
(Simmons GSLIS Intern), Sarah Oelker (Science Librarian,
Mount Holyoke College)
  
  
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