Marie Charlotte Schaefer
Marie Charlotte Schaefer (June 24, 1874 - May 27, 1927) was an early Texas physician and the first woman to become a faculty member of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).
Biography[edit]
Schaefer was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended San Antonio High School where she graduated as the salutatorian in 1893.[1] After high school, she taught for a year and then enrolled in the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in 1895.[1] She earned her medical degree in 1900 and then did a year-long residency in pathology at the John Sealy Hospital.[1] At the hospital, she worked on the pathology of hookworms.[2][3]
In 1901, she became the first woman faculty member of UTMB.[4] She gave the opening speech on the first day of school at UTMB in 1912.[5] In 1915, she became a full professor of embryology and ten years later in 1925, a full professor of histology.[6] On May 27, 1927 she suffered from a sudden illness due to heart disease and died the same day.[1] Schaefer was buried in San Antonio and former students of hers served as pallbearers.[1] Schaefer's medical drawings are in the collection of the UTMB Moody Medical Library.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Jakobi, Patricia L. (15 June 2010). "Schaefer, Marie Charlotte". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ Smith, Allen J. (November 1903). "Uncinariasis in Texas". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 126 (5): 769, 782. doi:10.1097/00000441-190311000-00002. S2CID 72515728. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ Smith, Allen J. (1904). "Uncinariasis". International Clinics. 11 (14): 87. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "UTMB, Galveston Histories Intertwined". The Galveston Daily News. 1991. p. 46. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-10-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Galveston Schools Opened for Term". The Houston Post. 1912-10-02. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2017-10-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wooten, Heather Green (2013-03-15). Old Red: Pioneering Medical Education in Texas. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780876112946. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "Keiller Drawings". UTMB Moody Medical Library. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2017-10-31.