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
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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
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
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
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
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