Women in Medicine

Careers in medicine are available to women in many fields! Learn more! 

Careers in medicine are available to women in many fields! Learn more! 

Work at Mental Hospital | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 110

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Anne Austin Young, Part 10 ​ - Anne Young’s Work at the Mental Hospital Anne gains experience and insight in her time as a doctor at the state Mental Hospital. In a time period when women were...
Maude Callen | S.C. Hall of Fame

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This episode is about Maude Callen (1898 -- 1990), a Nurse-Midwife, who singlehandedly brought health care to rural Pineville, S.C. and the surrounding area of Berkeley County in the early 1920s...
Anne Austin Young | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Anne Austin Young was born in 1892. In a day when relatives and friends threw up their hands in horror at the thought of a woman physician and when people in her home town of Cross Hill referred to...
Anne Austin Young
Episode 111

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Anne Austin Young, Part 11 - Conclusion Anne uses her experiences at the state mental hospital to become a valued doctor and a South Carolina heroine. In a time period when women were expected to fill...
Anne Shares Her Dream | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 105

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Anne Austin Young, Part 5 - Anne Shares Her Dream with Dr. Young Anne shares her desire to become a doctor with Dr. Henry Young. In a time period when women were expected to fill certain roles and...
Returns Home | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 109

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Anne Austin Young, Part 9 - Returns Home Anne returns to Laurens, SC, to become one of the first female doctors in the state of South Carolina. In a time period when women were expected to fill...
A Marriage Proposal | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 107

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Anne Austin Young, Part 7 - Dr. Young Proposes to Anne Henry Young transfers to a school near Anne, and reveals the motive for his transfer was to be closer to Anne. The two become engaged. In a time...