Mary Phylinda Dole was born in Shelburne, Massachusetts back in 1862 to George and Philinda. Both of her parents died in 1871, she moved in with a relative in Ashfield, Massachusetts. She was educated at the Sanderson Academy before continuing her education at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduating in 1886.
From 1886 to 1888 she studied medicine at the Women’s Medical College of Baltimore earning her M.D. in just two years. She moved to France spending additional time at the Pasteur Institute. She returned to the United States where she practiced in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Due to medical issues her career was cut short making her retire in 1927 when she was 65. She died in 1947, she was 84.
What you may not know about Mary is the she was the first female to earn a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College. She is also believed to be the first female physician to have practiced at Franklin County Public Hospital.
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