Isabella M. Pettet
Isabella M. Pettet (June 6, 1848 – September 8, 1912) was an early US physician identified as a "Woman of the [19th] Century".
Isabella M. Pettet | |
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 Isabella Pettet | |
| Born | June 6, 1848 Holstein, Germany |
| Died | September 8, 1912 (aged 64) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Physician |
Early life
Isabella M. Pettet was born in Holstein, Germany, on June 6, 1848.[1]
Personal life and career
She moved to the United States in 1865, locating in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she became engaged in voluntary influence and breathe a more elevated atmosphere mission work connected with the Methodist Church, of art. She had one daughter, Edna May Pettet.[2] She went to New York City in 1874, afterwards New York Port Society, where she remained for three years.[1]
She started to study medicine in 1878 and graduated with honors in 1881 in the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. She had an office in her residence in East 15th Street, a private dispensary in East 23rd Street and an office in Newark, New Jersey, visiting the latter place two days in the week.[1]
She was a member of the New York County Medical Society, and was on the medical staff of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women.[1]
She died on September 8, 1912, and is buried at Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, Middle Village, New York. At her death she left the property of one house and cash for a total of $1,500.00 ($1,500 in 1912 are $36,674.99 in 2017).[2][3]
References
- Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 567. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "05 Dec 1912, Thu • Page 20". The New York Times: 20. 1912. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- "1912 dollars in 2017". Retrieved October 9, 2017.