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Mary Wade Griscom

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Griscom's family was not universally supportive of her overseas work. Her older brother James C. Griscom's 1934 will specified that "none of his money be used for foreign missions, foreigners, or foreign countries". Mary Wade Griscom died in 1946, aged 80 years, in Philadelphia. Two friends and
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and Mary A. Hipple, a niece Frances and a great-niece were her heirs, with large bequests left for the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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in 1891. She was an officer of the school's alumnae association in 1901 and 1902. She pursued further studies in obstetrics at Vienna with the support of her mentor,
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from 1903 to 1913. She retired from hospital work after a hand injury limited her surgical skills. Instead, she went overseas, traveled in Korea, and worked with
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Griscom embraced new technologies in her professional and personal lives. In 1910, she co-authored a paper on gynecological applications for
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Wheeler, Edward Jewitt; Funk, Isaac Kaufman; Woods, William Seaver (January 1, 1921).
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Home Missions ... Annual Report of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions ...
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in 1918 and 1919. She went to Austria to provide relief work with the
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Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Board of Home (1918).
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Griscom, Mary W.; Pfahler, George E. (June 25, 1910).
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Mary Wade Griscom, from a 1918 passport application.
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(January 2, 1904). 214:"Dr. Mary Griscom Dies at Age of 80" 208: 206: 204: 165:American Friends Service Committee 14: 153:American-Persian Relief Committee 686: 516:"Roentgen Therapy in Gynecology" 417:Mission Rooms. pp. 168–169. 133:Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia 238:Clark, Mary Reid (1938-03-05). 59:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US 1: 744:American expatriates in China 656:"College May Get Griscom Art" 544:: 824–825. November 17, 1910. 754:American expatriates in Iran 669:– via Newspapers.com. 644:– via Newspapers.com. 619:– via Newspapers.com. 594:– via Newspapers.com. 569:– via Newspapers.com. 534:"Electric Cars in Road Run" 465:– via Newspapers.com. 253:– via Newspapers.com. 227:– via Newspapers.com. 770: 281:Singer, Sandra L. (2003). 110:Tennessee Valley Authority 719:American women physicians 660:The Philadelphia Inquirer 635:The Philadelphia Inquirer 560:The Philadelphia Inquirer 367:"Letter from Dr. Griscom" 218:The Philadelphia Inquirer 155:on refugee assistance in 28: 662:. 1946-11-14. p. 29 637:. 1980-12-20. p. 46 612:. 1980-12-03. p. 11 587:. 1934-03-08. p. 26 520:New York Medical Journal 482:21(March 1921): 233-240. 458:. 1920-11-21. p. 78 377:: 485–488. October 1913. 220:. 1946-11-06. p. 39 47:Woodbury, New Jersey, US 562:. 1935-02-20. p. 7 121:Anna Elizabeth Broomall 734:American obstetricians 503:: 1130. April 5, 1924. 394:Friends' Intelligencer 371:Lutheran Woman's Work 108:, first chair of the 631:"Dr. Mary A. Hippie" 606:"Dr. Ann C. Arthurs" 475:Griscom, Mary Wade, 187:medical colleagues, 106:Arthur Ernest Morgan 98:Woodbury, New Jersey 96:Griscom was born in 77:Arthur Ernest Morgan 434:The Literary Digest 339:The New York Times 167:in 1923 and 1924. 16:American physician 610:The Baltimore Sun 314:American Medicine 294:978-0-313-32371-3 137:Anna Sarah Kugler 86:Mary Wade Griscom 83: 82: 23:Mary Wade Griscom 761: 724:American Quakers 691: 690: 689: 682: 671: 670: 668: 667: 652: 646: 645: 643: 642: 627: 621: 620: 618: 617: 602: 596: 595: 593: 592: 585:The Morning Call 577: 571: 570: 568: 567: 552: 546: 545: 530: 524: 523: 511: 505: 504: 489: 483: 473: 467: 466: 464: 463: 456:New-York Tribune 448: 442: 441: 425: 419: 418: 408: 402: 401: 385: 379: 378: 363: 357: 356: 354: 353: 331: 322: 321: 305: 299: 298: 278: 272: 271: 261: 255: 254: 252: 251: 235: 229: 228: 226: 225: 210: 172:Roentgen therapy 79:(brother-in-law) 56:November 5, 1946 33: 19: 769: 768: 764: 763: 762: 760: 759: 758: 699: 698: 697: 687: 685: 677: 675: 674: 665: 663: 654: 653: 649: 640: 638: 629: 628: 624: 615: 613: 604: 603: 599: 590: 588: 579: 578: 574: 565: 563: 554: 553: 549: 532: 531: 527: 513: 512: 508: 491: 490: 486: 474: 470: 461: 459: 450: 449: 445: 427: 426: 422: 410: 409: 405: 387: 386: 382: 365: 364: 360: 351: 349: 333: 332: 325: 307: 306: 302: 295: 280: 279: 275: 263: 262: 258: 249: 247: 237: 236: 232: 223: 221: 212: 211: 202: 197: 184: 129: 94: 60: 57: 48: 45: 44:August 24, 1866 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 767: 765: 757: 756: 751: 746: 741: 736: 731: 726: 721: 716: 711: 701: 700: 696: 695: 673: 672: 647: 622: 597: 572: 547: 538:The Automobile 525: 506: 493:"Medical News" 484: 468: 443: 420: 403: 380: 358: 341:. 1946-11-06. 323: 300: 293: 273: 256: 230: 199: 198: 196: 193: 189:Ann C. 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Arthur Ernest Morgan
Woodbury, New Jersey
Quakers
Arthur Ernest Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Anna Elizabeth Broomall
Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia
Anna Sarah Kugler
Guntur
Canton
Vellore
American-Persian Relief Committee
Baghdad
Tehran
American Friends Service Committee
Roentgen therapy
uterine tumors
Ann C. Arthurs



"Dr. Mary Griscom Dies at Age of 80"
"Ancestral Home of Griscoms, Members of 8th Generation"
Annual Announcement of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Adventures Abroad: North American Women at German-speaking Universities, 1868-1915
ISBN
978-0-313-32371-3
"Report of the Maternity Hospital of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania from January 1888 to May 1903"

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