Dr. Mary Davis Ridgway
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Gosffo
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I think history has forgotten Dr. Mary Davis Ridgway. I can find no info on her!!!!
Waymark Code: WM7WFD
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2009
Views: 6
Marker Text: A leader in the women's rights movement and a homeopathic physician and surgeon. She was founder of Providence General Hospital (chartered 1913), the principal officers of which were women. From 1914 to 1917 it served the community from nearby Abraham Rittenhouse Home. Political pressure then forced the hospital to move from this site, and it closed shortly after Dr. Ridgway's death.
Marker Name: Dr. Mary Davis Ridgway
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 09/08/2001
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Wissahickon Avenue between Lincoln Drive and Walnut Lane, Philadelphia
Category: Civil Rights, Medicine & Science, Professions & Vocations, Women
Website: Not listed
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