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Mary Harris Thompson, MD (April 15, 1829 – May 21, 1895), was the founder, head physician and surgeon of the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children, renamed Mary Harris Thompson Hospital after her death in 1895. [1] She was one of the first women to practice medicine in Chicago where she contributed to the health of civil war veterans families.
It was founded by Mary Harris Thompson, who received her degree in Boston in 1863 from the New England Female Medical College, the first medical school for women. [1] [2] [3] Thompson established the hospital because of her inability to gain a position at Chicago's two hospitals (one of which refused admittance to women patients). [3]
The Ada Thompson Memorial Home was a home for indigent elderly women at 2021 South Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1882 by prominent local citizens ...
The first white settler in the area, Thomas Elliott Rutledge, filed a claim for 160 acres (65 ha) in 1854 and named his settlement "Black River". The community was later renamed "Little Rock" or "Littlerock" for a mounting stone on the Rutledge property; [2] [3] a post office called Littlerock has been in operation since 1879. [4] [5]
Mary Thomson may refer to: Mary King (equestrian) (née Thomson, born 1961), British Olympic equestrian sportswoman Mary Thomson (1767–1847), Scottish-born Canadian settler
Mary C. Thompson (died 2001), Dean of Damavand College in Tehran; Mary Clark Thompson (1835–1923), philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson; Mary E. Thompson (fl. 1960s–2010s), Canadian statistician; Mary Elizabeth Thompson (1855–1953), American prostitute and dance hall girl; Te Ata (actress) (1895–1995), born Mary ...
The shooter, who was wearing a mask, approached Thompson from behind and shot him in the right calf and back at 6:46 a.m. Video of the incident shows the shooter calmly walking up behind Thompson ...
Mary's parents and other relatives had already left Chicago and moved there before 1860. [1] Mary's last son, James R., was born in Portland, Oregon, in February 1871. [2] Based on Thompson's diary, Ward states that she had a difficult domestic relationship with her husband, and she feared that her struggles with mental health would limit her work.