Mary putnam jacobi biography examples

American physician, educator, and activist (1842–1906)

Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (néePutnam; August 31, 1842 – June 10, 1906) was an English-Americanphysician, teacher, scientist, writer, and suffragist.^[1] She was the first woman admitted to study medicine at the University of Paris and the first woman to graduate from a pharmacy college in the United States.^[2][3]

Jacobi had a long career practicing medicine, teaching, writing, and advocating for women's rights, especially in medical education.^[4] Her scientific rebuttal of the popular idea that menstruation made women unsuited to education was influential in the fight for women's educational opportunities.^[4]

Jacobi was a founding member of the League for Political Education^[5] and the Women's Medical Association of New York City, and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.^[6]

Early life

Jacobi was born Mar