Alice Woodby McKane
Alice Woodby McKane (1865–1948) was the first woman to work as a doctor in Savannah, Georgia.[1]
Childhood and education
McKane was born February 12, 1865 Bridgewater, Pennsylvania. Her parents died before she reached the age of seven and she lost her vision for three years.[2]
Alice graduated from the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia in 1889.[2] In 1892, she graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania with a medical degree.[3]
Career
Alice moved to Augusta, Georgia where she taught at the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, now the Lucy Craft Laney High School.[2] She met her husband, Cornelius McKane, and moved with him to his physician's practice in Savannah.[2] In 1893, the couple opened the McKane Training School for Nurses, a school for black nurses and the first one of its kind in Southeast Georgia. She died March 6, 1948.[4]
Alice also wrote and published Clover Leaves, a poetry book, in 1914.[5]
References
- ^ "McKane, Alice Woodby". Georgia Women of Achievement. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Howard-Oglesby, Pamela (2010). Savannah's Black First Ladies: The Past, Present, and Future, Volume 1. Denver, CO: Outskirts Press. ISBN 978-1-4327-3112-0.
- ^ Elmore, Charles J. (Summer 2004). "Black Medical Pioneers in Savannah, 1892-1909: Cornelius McKane and Alice Woodby McKane". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 88 (2). JSTOR 40584737.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
First ladies .was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ McKane, Alice Woodby (1914). Clover Leaves. Boston, MA: Alice Woodby McKane.