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Margaret F. Butler
Margaret F. Butler (1861 – October 16, 1931) was an American physician who chaired the otorhinolaryngology department at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. In 1908, she was the first woman to preside over any international congress of physicians, as the only woman and only American in attendance. She was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Life and career Butler was born into a Quakers, Quaker farming family in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1861. The eldest of seven children of James Butler and Rachel (James) Butler, she was the niece of prominent state politician Samuel Butler (politician), Samuel Butler and federal judge William Butler (judge), William Butler. She commenced schooling at the age of four, attended Darlington Seminary, and taught school from the age of seventeen. She subsequently took correspondence courses through the Society to Encourage Studies at Home. Encouraged to study medicine by Dr. Theophilus Parvin, Butler received her Doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010 United States census, 2010. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester, Pennsylvania, West Chester. Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682. It was named for Chester, England. Chester County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden, New Jersey, Camden-Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, PA-New Jersey, NJ-Delaware, DE-Maryland, MD Delaware Valley, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Eastern Chester County is home to many communities that comprise part of the Philadelphia Main Line western suburbs outside of Philadelphia, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
