Philadelphia newspaper the Public Ledger, Sunday morning, October 10, 1915. Headline reads Women Physicians Deny They are "Disappointed" and shows images of two women physicans and one man whose caption is not visible.

You decide! Read 19th C newspaper coverage of women medical students attending an all male clinical lecture. Did public opinion favor the behavior of the women or the men? 
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Annie Sanford portrait, 1903. Black and white portrait of Annie Sanford, a young woman with dark hair, wearing glasses and a striped dress with white collar and tie.

A page of Sanford’s scrapbook showing girls in the classroom, c. 1920. A black page from a scrapbook with three black and white photos pasted to it. One photo shows a female teacher standing in front of a class of girls. It is captioned “Arithmetic Class.” The second photo shows girls seated on the floor with small writing desks in front of them. It is captioned “Infant Class- Stall School.” The third photo shows an elderly missionary woman with a little girl. It has a handwritten caption: “Miss Moses”.

First page of Sanford’s second “letter journal” to her family, February 1896. Typescript letter on carbon paper. At the top it reads “Guntur India, February 1896. Notes from the Other Side of the World”

Annie Sanford portrait, 1943. Black and white portrait of a 70 year old woman wearing frameless glasses and a polka dot dress.

Annie Eveline Sanford (1873-1961) was an educator, missionary, and women's rights advocate. Explore her life and work at the Girls’ School in Guntur, India through collections at United Lutheran Seminary loom.ly/C4RhI2E and loom.ly/FXm6LLc #WomensHistoryMonth #InHerOwnRight