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Old Fort News Volume 76, Number 1, 2013

In this issue, Peggy Seigel examines the pioneering women in the field of medicine.  Included in her study are Dr. Mary Thomas, the Fort Wayne College of Medicine and Dr. Alice Hamilton among others.  Ms. Seigel also address the beginning of professional nursing, Irene Byron and the tuberculosis battle.

Also in this issue:  A History of Nineteenth-Century Fort Wayne Schools