Bennett, Alice (1851–1925)
Bennett, Alice (1851–1925)
American physician. Born Jan 31, 1851, in Wrentham, Massachusetts; died May 31, 1925, in NY; Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, MD, 1876, PhD in anatomy (1880).
The 1st woman to receive a PhD from University of Pennsylvania, was also one of the 1st women administrators at an American mental hospital, serving as superintendent of women's section at Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Insane in Norristown, PA (1880–86); advocated eliminating restraints, instituted a program of occupational therapy and had only women physicians treat women patients; after leaving Pennsylvania State Hospital, worked on volunteer basis at New York Infirmary for Women and Children (1910–25).
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