Katherine Neel Dale

Katherine Neel Dale was an American medical missionary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church who served in Mexico; primarily in the states of San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas, specifically Rio Verde and Tampico regions. Katherine and her husband, James G. Dale, served the Mexican people for over forty years, where she built up an extended practice (treating up to 18,500 patients per year),[1] founded and built Dale Memorial Hospital, and founded the Mexican Indian Mission - which included schools for Indian girls and boys.[2]

  1. ^ Chaff, Sandra L. Women In Medicine : a Bibliography of the Literature On Women Physicians. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
  2. ^ Dale, James G. (1943). Katherine Neel Dale, medical missionary. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. p. 25.