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Consuelo Clark, MD: The first Black woman licensed to practice medicine in Ohio

Cincinnati native Consuelo Clark earned an MD in 1884 from the Boston University School of Medicine. She was the only Black student at the school Continue Reading

Women Doctors in Cincinnati and Their Connection to Walnut Hills

Women’s path into medicine in the 19th and early 20th centuries has often been blocked by male-dominated institutions. Nevertheless, many women persevered, becoming leaders in Continue Reading

HistoryForge: Plans for the Future

The task of entering census information will take a long time, but even before we get all the people from all the years entered, we Continue Reading

HistoryForge: Census, Maps and More

WHHS has partnered with HistoryForge to create an on-line application that links census information to historical maps. We started this kind of work with the Continue Reading

1886: MEDICAL MAIDS. Cincinnati’s Women Physicians.

(See also Women Doctors in Cincinnati and their Connections to Walnut Hills.) MEDICAL MAIDS. Cincinnati’s Women Physicians. WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Continue Reading

Andrew Johnson DeHart and Jennie Jackson move to Cincinnati, 1885

J. DeHart visited Cincinnati from time to time during his sojourn in Tennessee in the early 1880s. When in town he frequently spoke at churches Continue Reading

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Reconstructing the Destruction of Gaines High School

Cincinnati’s Colored Public School board, an institution established in the 1850s, created Gaines High School for our city’s Black students in 1866. Peter Clark, the Continue Reading

Reconstructing the Destruction of Gaines High School

Posted onNovember 9, 2021September 19, 2023AuthorGeoff SuttonLeave a comment

Cincinnati’s Colored Public School board, an institution established in the 1850s, created Gaines High School for our city’s Black students in 1866. Peter Clark, the Continue Reading

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Reconstructing the Destruction of Gaines High School

Posted onNovember 9, 2021September 19, 2023AuthorGeoff SuttonLeave a comment

Cincinnati’s Colored Public School board, an institution established in the 1850s, created Gaines High School for our city’s Black students in 1866. Peter Clark, the Continue Reading

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The Union of Theological Students, 1882-1883

Lane Seminary, a Presbyterian institution in Walnut Hills founded in 1829, maintained a progressive theological stance through much of its century-long history. During the academic Continue Reading

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