Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
An 1850 illustration of the first building at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Other name
WMCP
Former name
Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, Medical College of Pennsylvania
Active1850 (1850)–1970 (1970) (became co-ed Medical College of Pennsylvania)
Address
229 Arch Street (until 1858) and then 627 Arch Street (after Philadelphia's street renumbering)
,
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
,
U.S.

Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree, M.D.[1]

1867- The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania was renamed the Woman's Medical College; the college trained thousands of women physicians from all over the world, many of whom went on to practice medicine internationally.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved April 22, 2024.