Buckel, C. Annette (1833–1912)
Buckel, C. Annette (1833–1912)
American physician. Name variations: Chloe Annette Buckel. Born Chloe Annette Buckel, Aug 25, 1833, in Warsaw, NY; died Aug 17, 1912, in Piedmont, California; dau. of Thomas Buckel; mother's name was Bartlett; orphaned soon after birth, grew up with aunts; Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, MD, 1858.
Early woman physician in US, performed post-graduate work under Marie Zakrzewska at New York Infirmary for Women and Children; began medical career with founding of dispensary in Chicago for women and children (1859); served as chief of female nurses at Jefferson General Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana, during Civil War; appointed resident physician (1868) and attending surgeon (1875) at New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, MA; opened medical practice in Oakland, CA, and served as consulting physician at San Francisco's Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children; later work centered on child health and welfare. The Buckel Foundation research fellowship at Stanford University was established with a grant from her estate.