American doctor of medicine (1845–1931)
Anna Manning Comfort , M.D. (née Manning ; January 19, 1845 – January 12, 1931) was an American physician who specialized in the treatment .[ 1] [ 2] She was the first woman medical graduate to practice in the state of Connecticut .[ 3]
Comfort was also an activist and vocal opponent of American imperialism .[ 4] She was a leader in the women's suffrage movement, as well as a social reformer who defended the rights of Native Americans and African Americans .[ 5] A member of Sorosis since 1878, Comfort was also a pioneer clubwoman .[ 6]
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^ Kirschmann, Anne Taylor (2004). A Vital Force: Women in American Homeopathy . Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3320-9 . Retrieved 29 October 2022 .
^ Who's who in New York City and State . L.R. Hamersly Company. 1907. p. 315. Retrieved 29 October 2022 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
^ Murphy, Erin L. (2009). "WOMEN'S ANTI-IMPERIALISM, "THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN," AND THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR: Theorizing Masculinist Ambivalence in Protest" . Gender and Society . 23 (2): 244–270. doi :10.1177/0891243209333791 . ISSN 0891-2432 . JSTOR 20676773 . S2CID 145743102 .
^ Williams, J. S. (2 September 2019). "Anna Manning Comfort" . Women In Peace . Retrieved 29 October 2022 .
^ Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada . Vol. 1. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 196. Retrieved 29 October 2022 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .