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This black and white photograph shows Dr. Martha Cunningham, one of the first female doctors to practice in Kansas. Martha was born on January 1, 1854, in Greencastle, Indiana. She moved to Kansas with her parents, in 1865, to a farm near Birch Swith, four miles southwest of Garnett, Kansas. She taught school for a few years before devoting her life to the medical profession. In 1886, Cunningham graduated from the Women's Division of the Chicago School of Medicine. She practiced for over twenty-five years in the Garnett community.
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
Item Number: 225279
Call Number: B Cunnigham, Martha *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225279
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Garnett
Places - Counties - Anderson
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Places - Other States - Indiana
Type of Material - Photographs
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