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**Institution & Places**
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", founded: @date_1850, location: @philadelphia}
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@boston:place {state: @massachusetts, country: @united_states}
@bennington_vt:place {state: @vermont, country: @united_states}
@college_building:place {description: "College Building of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", within: @philadelphia}
@dean_office:place {description: "Office of the Dean, Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", within: @philadelphia}
@eclectic_medical_college:organization {full_name: "Eclectic Medical College"}
@corporators_of_female_medical_college:organization {role: "Governing body of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"}
**People (persons)**
@chaloner:person {full_name: "Dr. Chaloner", role: "Faculty member"}
@dickson:person {full_name: "Dr. Dickson", role: "Faculty member"}
@glasskey:person {full_name: "Prof. M. Glasskey", role: "Professor"}
@dickenson:person {full_name: "Dr. M. W. Dickenson", role: "Faculty member"}
@longshore:person {full_name: "Dr. Longshore", role: "Faculty member"}
@johnson:person {full_name: "Dr. Johnson", role: "Faculty member"}
@livezey:person {full_name: "Dr. Livezey", role: "Faculty member"}
@mosley:person {full_name: "Dr. Moseley", role: "Dean (until Oct 1850)"}
@gregory:person {full_name: "Dr. Gregory", role: "Faculty member"}
@langhorne:person {full_name: "Dr. Langhorne", role: "Faculty member"}
@cornell:person {full_name: "Dr. Rolf Cornell", role: "Faculty member"}
@wolf:person {full_name: "Dr. Wolfe", role: "Faculty member"}
@harvey:person {full_name: "Dr. Harvey", role: "Faculty member"}
@mcclintonck:person {full_name: "Dr. McClintonck", role: "Faculty member"}
@fowler:person {full_name: "Miss Almira L. Fowler", role: "Clerk of the Clinic"}
@richardson:person {full_name: "Mrs. Margaret Richardson", role: "Clerk of the Clinic"}
@gleason:person {full_name: "Mrs. M. B. Gleason", role: "Honoree of honorary M.D."}
@mickison:person {full_name: "Dr. Mickison", role: "Professor of Chemistry"}
@rolfe:person {full_name: "Dr. E. C. Rolfe", role: "Professor of Anatomy (candidate)"}
@pancoast:person {full_name: "Dr. Seth Pancoast", role: "Professor of Anatomy (candidate)"}
@harvey_m:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey, M.D.", role: "Professor of Materia Medica & General Therapeutics"}
@pierce:person {full_name: "Wm. S. Pierce", role: "Secretary of the College"}
@emerson_kent:person {full_name: "Dr. J. Emerson Kent", role: "Correspondent"}
@hannah_longshore:person {full_name: "Mrs. Hannah E. Longshore, M.D.", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy (candidate)"}
@caroline_thayer:person {full_name: "Miss Caroline C. Thayer", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
@ellen_hicks:person {full_name: "Miss Ellen S. Hicks", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
@c_g_adams:person {full_name: "Mrs. C. G. Adams", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
@e_b_chamberlin:person {full_name: "Mrs. E. B. Chamberlin", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
**Faculty Meetings (events)**
@meeting_1850_12_02:event {date: @date_1850_12_02, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1850_12_06:event {date: @date_1850_12_06, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1850_12_13:event {date: @date_1850_12_13, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_01_09:event {date: @date_1851_01_09, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_01_16:event {date: @date_1851_01_16, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_05_29:event {date: @date_1851_05_29, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1857_06_03:event {date: @date_1857_06_03, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1857_08_21:event {date: @date_1857_08_21, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_09_10:event {date: @date_1851_09_10, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_12_05:event {date: @date_1851_12_05, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_01_01:event {date: @date_1852_01_01, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@commencement_1851_12_30:event {date: @date_1851_12_30, location: @musaeal_fund_hall, type: "Commencement"}
@meeting_1852_03_03:boston_meeting:event {date: @date_1852_03_03, location: @boston, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event {date: @date_1852_04_20, location: @faculty_room, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_04_23:event {date: @date_1852_04_23, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_05_04:event {date: @date_1852_05_04, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_05_21:event {date: @date_1852_05_21, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_06_??:event {date: @date_1852_06, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"} // placeholder for June‑May‑June series
@meeting_1852_07_09:event {date: @date_1852_07_09, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_08_19:event {date: @date_1852_08_19, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_04:event {date: @date_1852_09_04, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_11:event {date: @date_1852_09_11, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_13:event {date: @date_1852_09_13, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_17:event {date: @date_1852_09_17, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_25:event {date: @date_1852_09_25, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event {date: @date_1852_10_25, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
**Key Resolutions & Actions (relationships)**
@glasskey:person -> resigned -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {when: @date_1850_12_02}
@meeting_1850_12_02:event -> forwarded -> @president_of_board_of_trustees:person {by: @glasskey}
@meeting_1850_12_06:event -> rescinded -> @resolution_resignation_of_glasskey:document {originally_adopted: @date_1850_12_02}
@meeting_1850_12_13:event -> resolved -> @honorary_md_for_gleason:document {recipient: @gleason, granted_by: @longshore}
@meeting_1851_01_09:event -> resolved -> @payment_for_mr_peirce:document {payer: @dean, amount: "$50 cash + $5 per graduate"}
@meeting_1851_01_16:event -> resolved -> @rent_rooms_for_eclectic_college:document {decision: "Inexpedient to rent rooms to Eclectic Medical College"}
@meeting_1851_05_29:event -> resolved -> @advertise_college:document {agent: @longshore, contractor: @mr_palmer}
@meeting_1857_06_03:event -> resolved -> @lease_house_229_arch:document {lessee: @mr_penravann, location: "House No. 229 Arch St."}
@meeting_1857_08_21:event -> resolved -> @recommend_m_w_dickenson_chair_chemistry:document {recommender: @longshore}
@meeting_1851_09_10:event -> resignation -> @mickison:person {position: "Professor of Chemistry", accepted_by: @longshore}
@meeting_1851_12_05:event -> resolved -> @start_examination_for_graduation:document {start_date: @date_1851_12_05}
@meeting_1852_01_01:event -> recorded -> @degree_ballots:document {white_balls: 2000, black_balls: ["Phoebe Way", "Susannah H. Ellis"]}
@commencement_1851_12_30:event -> conferred -> @md_degrees:document {graduates: 8, venue: @musaeal_fund_hall}
@meeting_1852_03_03:boston_meeting:event -> resolved -> @public_lecture_introduction:document {lecturers: [@cornell, @johnson], venue: @philadelphia}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event -> stated -> @college_origin:document {established_by: @legislature_of_pennsylvania, year: @date_1850}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event -> stated -> @sessions_held:document {count: 2, audience: "Ladies"}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event -> resolved -> @association_to_sustain_college:document {purpose: "Support Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", signatories: [@longshore, @johnson, @moseley, @others]}
@meeting_1852_04_23:event -> resolved -> @committee_investigate_accounts:document {members: [@longshore, @moseley]}
@meeting_1852_05_04:event -> resolved -> @print_third_annual_announcement:document {copies: 4000}
@meeting_1852_05_21:event -> resolved -> @new_entrance_sign:document {produced: true}
@meeting_1852_07_09:event -> resolved -> @chair_materia_medica_changed:document {old_holder: @dickenson, new_holder: @harvey_m}
@meeting_1852_08_19:event -> resolved -> @applications_received:document {applicants: [@ellen_hicks, @c_g_adams, @e_b_chamberlin]}
@meeting_1852_09_04:event -> appointed -> @committee_purchase_mcclintonck_property:document {members: [@longshore, @moseley]}
@meeting_1852_09_11:event -> appointed -> @committee_accounts:document {members: [@livezey, @longshore]}
@meeting_1852_09_13:event -> resolved -> @recommend_hannah_longshore_anatomy:document {recommender: @longshore}
@meeting_1852_09_17:event -> accepted -> @beneficiary_caroline_thayer:document {waiver_of_30_day_notice: true}
@meeting_1852_09_25:event -> resolved -> @recommend_rolfe_pancoast_anatomy:document {candidates: [@rolfe, @pancoast]}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event -> recorded -> @letter_resignation_moseley_anatomy:document {author: @moseley, accepted_by: @pierce}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event -> resolved -> @recommend_hannah_longshore_demonstrator_anatomy:document {recommender: @longshore}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event -> appointed -> @clerks_of_clinic:document {members: [@fowler, @richardson]}
**Committee & Governance Documents**
@regulation_1:document {text: "Dean shall elect one of their members to act as Dean; duties include keeping minutes, presiding, correspondence, matriculation, fee collection, examinations, financial supervision, building oversight."}
@regulation_2:document {text: "Dean may call a meeting whenever advisable; a written request signed by three faculty members suffices if the Dean refuses."}
@regulation_3:document {text: "A majority of Professors constitutes a quorum."}
@regulation_4:document {text: "All elections shall be by ballot."}
@regulation_5:document {text: "Students who have completed two courses are exempt from fees for subsequent courses."}
@regulation_6:document {text: "Degree of M.D. requirements: application one month before session end; age ≥21; three years study (two under a respectable physician); attendance of two full courses in listed subjects; thesis submission; examination by each professor; voting rules; public commencement requirement."}
@regulation_7:document {text: "No professor shall sell his ticket unless the applicant exhibits the matriculating ticket."}
@regulation_8:document {text: "Beneficiary admissions may be confidential; fee $20 per session; applicants must provide character and need testimonials; dean may waive 30‑day notice."}
@regulation_9:document {text: "Matriculation, graduation, and beneficiary fees first cover college expenses; surplus divided equally among professors."}
**Associations & Funding**
@association_to_sustain_college:document {purpose: "Sustain Female Medical College of Pennsylvania until receipts are sufficient", founders: [@longshore, @johnson, @moseley, @others], date_established: @date_1852_04_20}
@fundraising_campaign:document {activities: ["soliciting members", "collecting donations"], authorized_by: @longshore, date: @date_1852_04_20}
**Key Personnel Changes**
@glasskey:person -> resignation -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1850_12_02}
@mickison:person -> resignation -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1851_09_10}
@moseley:person -> resignation_dean -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_04_23}
@moseley:person -> resignation_anatomy_professor -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_09_13}
@harvey_m:person -> appointed_chair_materia_medica -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_07_09}
@johnson:person -> elected_dean -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_04_23}
@longshore:person -> appointed_dean -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_04_23}
@rolfe:person -> candidate_chair_anatomy -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {recommended: @date_1852_09_25}
@pancoast:person -> candidate_chair_anatomy -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {recommended: @date_1852_09_25}
@harvey_m:person -> appointed_chair_materia_medica_and_general_therapeutics -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_07_09}
@hannah_longshore:person -> recommended_demonstrator_anatomy -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_09_13}
@caroline_thayer:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_09_17}
@ellen_hicks:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_08_19}
@c_g_adams:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_08_19}
@e_b_chamberlin:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_08_19}
**Document & Publication References**
@minutes_1850_12_02:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1850_12_02}
@minutes_1850_12_06:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1850_12_06}
@minutes_1850_12_13:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1850_12_13}
@minutes_1851_01_09:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_01_09}
@minutes_1851_01_16:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_01_16}
@minutes_1851_05_29:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_05_29}
@minutes_1857_06_03:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1857_06_03}
@minutes_1857_08_21:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1857_08_21}
@minutes_1851_09_10:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_09_10}
@minutes_1851_12_05:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_12_05}
@minutes_1852_01_01:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_01_01}
@minutes_1852_03_03:boston:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_03_03:boston_meeting}
@minutes_1852_04_20:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_04_20}
@minutes_1852_04_23:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_04_23}
@minutes_1852_05_04:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_05_04}
@minutes_1852_05_21:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_05_21}
@minutes_1852_07_09:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_07_09}
@minutes_1852_08_19:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_08_19}
@minutes_1852_09_04:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_04}
@minutes_1852_09_11:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_11}
@minutes_1852_09_13:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_13}
@minutes_1852_09_17:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_17}
@minutes_1852_09_25:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_25}
@minutes_1852_10_25:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_10_25}
@musaeal_fund_hall:place {location: "Musaeal Fund Hall, Locust St., Philadelphia"}
**File References**
@file_pinax -> documents -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {description: "Metadata record for faculty meeting minutes (1850‑1852)"}
@file_a092_001_022_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1850_12_02:document
@file_a092_001_023_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1850_12_13:document
@file_a092_001_024_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1851_01_16:document, @minutes_1851_05_29:document
@file_a092_001_025_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1857_06_03:document
@file_a092_001_026_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1857_08_21:document
@file_a092_001_027_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1851_09_10:document, @minutes_1851_12_05:document
@file_a092_001_028_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1852_01_01:document, @commencement_1851_12_30:event
@file_a092_001_029_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1852_03_03:boston_meeting:document, @minutes_1852_04_20:document
@file_a092_001_030_jpg -> contains -> @association_to_sustain_college:document
@file_a092_001_031_jpg -> contains -> @regulation_1:document, @regulation_2:document
@file_a092_001_032_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1852_04_23:document, @minutes_1852_04_23:document
@file_a092_001_033_jpg -> contains -> @regulation_3:document, @regulation_4:document, @regulation_5:document
@file_a092_001_034_jpg -> contains -> @regulation_6:document, @regulation_7:document, @regulation_8:document, @regulation_9:document
@file_a092_001_035_jpg -> contains -> @minutes_1852_09_04:document, @minutes_1852_09_11:document, @minutes_1852_09_13:document, @minutes_1852_09_17:document, @minutes_1852_09_25:document, @minutes_1852_10_25:document
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