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209:(AGA). She was elected president of the AGA in 1942, becoming the first woman to fill the position, and continued for a second term in 1943. She was involved in the AMA Section of Gastroenterology from 1941 to 1948 and was elected to the Boston Chamber of Commerce in 1948. 42: 153:, was published in 1910. She married Sebastian Jordan, a German lawyer, in 1913. Their daughter, Mary Stuart Jordan, was born in 1914, and Murray returned to the United States upon the outbreak of the First World War. She divorced Jordan in 1921. 165:
on probation under the agreement that she would study chemistry and zoology courses in addition to medicine. When her probation was not lifted despite her having completed the required extra courses, she called for an investigation by the
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in 1901 and received a bachelor's degree in the classics in 1904. Although she aspired to study medicine, her parents dissuaded her, and so she completed a PhD in classical philology and archaeology at the
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titled "Health and Happiness". She lived with her second husband, Penfield Mower, a stockbroker whom she married in 1935, in
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In 1917, Jordan decided to enroll in medical school; she was accepted into the
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Notable American Women: The Modern Period : a Biographical Dictionary
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Rosenkrantz, Barbara Gutmann (1980). Sicherman, Barbara (ed.).
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in 1934, which was at the time the official publication of the
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A Study of the Life of Andres, the Fool for the Sake of Christ
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After retiring from medical practice in 1958, Jordan wrote a
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Sara Murray
Sara Murray (journalist)

gastroenterologist
American Gastroenterological Association
Boston
peptic ulcer disease
gastric cancer
Newton, Massachusetts
Radcliffe College
University of Munich
Tufts University School of Medicine
American Medical Association
thyroid disease
Frank Lahey
Worcester Memorial Hospital
gastroenterology
Rush Medical College
Brookline, Massachusetts
Lahey Clinic
American Gastroenterological Association
peptic ulcer disease
gastric cancer
The New Yorker
Harold Ross
Sheila Hibben
newspaper column
Marblehead, Massachusetts
colon cancer

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