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Charlotte Blake Brown (1846 – April 19, 1904) was an American physician. She was one of the first female doctors to practice on the West Coast of the United States and was a co-founder of the Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children, and San Francisco Hospital for Children and Training School for Nurses.

Early life and education

Charlotte Amanda Blake was born in Philadelphia, in 1846. Both her parents were from Brewer, Maine, and Brown subsequently attended high school in Bangor, Maine while living with relatives.

After graduating from high school, she entered Elmira College in Elmira, New York, graduating in 1866. She married Henry Adams Brown, and in 1872 attended the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia, graduating with an MD in 1874.

Career

In 1875, Brown oved to San Francisco, and founded the Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children with Dr. Martha Bucknell. A third female physician, Dr. Sara E. Brown, subsequently joined them, and the institution was reorganized as the San Francisco Hospital for Children in 1878.

Brownlived in California once before. Her father went to San Francisco at the height of the California Gold Rush in 1849, and the family joined him in 1851.

In 1854, they moved to Chile, where her father, a Presbyterian minister, ran a mission for Scottish miners until 1854, when they returned to Philadelphia.

Brown's first application to join the San Francisco Medical Society was rejected on account of her gender. In 1876, however, she was one of four women admitted into the California Medical Society, causing the San Francisco physicians to re-consider and grant her membership two years later.

In 1880, Brown and her colleagues organized within their hospital the first nurses' training school on the West Coast. Brown wrote 18 articles for medical journals in addition to carrying on a busy practice and raised three children, two of whom also became physicians.

Death

Brown died in 1904, aged 58 years, in San Francisco.^[2]

Legacy

Children's Hospital merged with another institution to become California Pacific Medical Center in 1991.

References

^ "Dr. Charlotte Blake Brown, founder, Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children". oac.cdlib.org. 1875. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Elizabeth A. Follansbee, "Death of Noted Medical Woman" Southern California Practitioner (May 1904): 180-181.

External links

[oac/28722/bk0016w1k9t-1] "Dr. Charlotte Blake Brown, founder, Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children". oac.cdlib.org. 1875. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[2] Elizabeth A. Follansbee, "Death of Noted Medical Woman" Southern California Practitioner (May 1904): 180-181.

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+{{short description|American physician}}
-[[File:CharlotteBlakeBrown1904.tif|thumb|A portrait of Charlotte Blake Brown, from a 1904 publication.]]
+[[File:CharlotteBlakeBrown1904.tif|thumb|A 1904 portrait of Brown.<ref name="oac/28722/bk0016w1k9t">{{cite web |title=Dr. Charlotte Blake Brown, founder, Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children. |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0016w1k9t/?brand=oac4 |website=[[oac.cdlib.org]] |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en |date=1875}}</ref>]]
-'''Charlotte Blake Brown''' (1846 – April 19, 1904) was an American physician. She was one of the first female doctors to practice on the West Coast of the United States, and was a co-founder of the San Francisco Hospital for Children and Training School for Nurses.
+'''Charlotte Blake Brown''' (1846 – April 19, 1904) was an American physician. She was one of the first female doctors to practice on the West Coast of the United States and was a co-founder of the [[Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children]], and San Francisco Hospital for Children and Training School for Nurses.
+==Early life and education==
-==Biography==
-Charlotte Amanda Blake was born in [[Philadelphia]], in 1846. Both her parents were from [[Brewer, Maine]], and Charlotte was subsequently sent to attend high school in [[Bangor, Maine]] while living with relatives.  After that she entered Elmira College in New York, graduating in 1866.  She married Henry Adams Brown, and in 1872 attended the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia, graduating with an MD in 1874.  She moved to San Francisco the following year, and founded the [[Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children]] with Dr. [[Martha Bucknell]].  A third female physician, Dr. Sara E. Brown, subsequently joined them, and the institution was re-organized as the San Francisco Hospital for Children in 1878.
+Charlotte Amanda Blake was born in [[Philadelphia]], in 1846. Both her parents were from [[Brewer, Maine]], and Brown subsequently attended high school in [[Bangor, Maine]] while living with relatives.
+After graduating from high school, she entered [[Elmira College]] in [[Elmira, New York]], graduating in 1866. She married Henry Adams Brown, and in 1872 attended the [[Drexel University College of Medicine|Women's Medical College of Philadelphia]], graduating with an [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] in 1874.
-Brown had lived in California once before.  Her father went to San Francisco at the height of the [[California Gold Rush]] in 1849, and the family joined him in 1851.  In 1854 they moved to [[Chile]], where her father (a Presbyterian Minister) ran a mission for Scottish miners until 1854, when they returned to Philadelphia.
+==Career==
-Brown's first application to join the San Francisco Medical Society was rejected on account of her gender.  In 1876, however, she was one of four women admitted into the California Medical Society, causing the San Francisco physicians to re-consider and grant her membership two years later.
+In 1875, Brown oved to [[San Francisco]], and founded the [[Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children]] with Dr. Martha Bucknell.  A third female physician, Dr. Sara E. Brown, subsequently joined them, and the institution was reorganized as the San Francisco Hospital for Children in 1878.
+Brownlived in California once before.  Her father went to San Francisco at the height of the [[California Gold Rush]] in 1849, and the family joined him in 1851.
-In 1880, Brown and her colleagues organized within their hospital the first nurses' training school on the West Coast.  Brown wrote 18 articles for medical journals in addition to carrying on a busy practice, and raised three children, two of whom also became physicians.
+In 1854, they moved to [[Chile]], where her father, a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] minister, ran a mission for Scottish miners until 1854, when they returned to [[Philadelphia]].
-Charlotte Blake Brown died in 1904, aged 58 years, in San Francisco.<ref>[[Elizabeth Follansbee|Elizabeth A. Follansbee]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=PXYHAQAAIAAJ&dq=Charlotte%20Blake%20Brown&pg=PA180#v=onepage&q=Follansbee&f=false "Death of Noted Medical Woman"] ''Southern California Practitioner'' (May 1904): 180-181.</ref>
+Brown's first application to join the San Francisco Medical Society was rejected on account of her gender. In 1876, however, she was one of four women admitted into the California Medical Society, causing the San Francisco physicians to re-consider and grant her membership two years later.
+In 1880, Brown and her colleagues organized within their hospital the first nurses' training school on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]. Brown wrote 18 articles for medical journals in addition to carrying on a busy practice and raised three children, two of whom also became physicians.
+==Death==
+Brown died in 1904, aged 58 years, in [[San Francisco]].<ref>[[Elizabeth Follansbee|Elizabeth A. Follansbee]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=PXYHAQAAIAAJ&q=Follansbee&pg=PA180 "Death of Noted Medical Woman"] ''Southern California Practitioner'' (May 1904): 180-181.</ref>
+==Legacy==
 Children's Hospital merged with another institution to become [[California Pacific Medical Center]] in 1991.
+==Further reading==
+*[https://archive.org/details/reportofpacificd1876paci First Report of the Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children. Incorporated March 24, 1875. San Francisco.] [[archive.org]]
+*Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, and Paul S. Boyer, ''Notable American Women, 1670-1950'', pp.&nbsp;251–52
 ==References==
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-===Bibliography===
+==External links==
+*[https://archive.org/details/reportofpacificd1876paci "First Report of the Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children. Incorporated March 24, 1875. San Francisco.]
-*Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, and Paul S. Boyer, ''Notable American Women, 1670-1950'', pp.&nbsp;251–52
+*[https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Charlotte_Blake_Brown Charlotte Blake Brown] ''foundsf''
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