first female physician

Posted on December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 by Denton Harryman

**_{photo taken by Denton Harryman and shared on Flickr as creative commons (CC0)}**

Today’s photo shows a historical sign honoring Annie Alexander, the first female physician in North Carolina. She has an interesting story which you can read at her Wikipedia article and this North Carolina historical article.

Following is a link to today’s photo saved on Flickr with the caption: A historical sign honoring the first female physician licensed in North Carolina.

2 thoughts on “first female physician”

williamkendall1 says:

December 14, 2021 at 10:21 pm

Well worth honouring.

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Amy says:

December 17, 2021 at 1:13 am

Nice! It seemed to be something where women back in those days didn’t normally do.

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