**File metadata**

@file_pinax:document {title: "Faculty Meeting Minutes - February 1859", creator: @e_furrell, created: @date_1859_02, subjects: ["Faculty Meetings","Medical Education","Examinations","Women in Medicine"]}

**Core event (series of meetings)**  

@faculty_meeting_february_1859:event {description: "Series of faculty meetings held in February 1859 at an unspecified location to discuss preliminary examinations, thesis reviews, and voting for women candidates for the degree M.P.", when: @date_1859_02, location: @unknown_place}

@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_february_1859

@unknown_place:place {description: "Location not specified in the minutes"}

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### Individual meeting sessions  

@meeting_feb_10_1859:event {when: @date_1859_02_10, present: [@preston, @birdsell, @cleveland, @temple, @e_furrell], description: "Motion to hold preliminary examinations of all candidates and senior students."}

@meeting_feb_14_1859:event {when: @date_1859_02_14, present: [@e_furrell], description: "Dean reports applications and essays submitted by women candidates; topics assigned to faculty reviewers.", candidates: [@mrs_botry, @miss_stratton, @miss_underwood, @miss_shelley, @miss_adams, @miss_porter]}

@meeting_feb_17_1859:event {when: @date_1859_02_17, end: @date_1859_02_19, present: [@rockey, @temple, @birdsell, @cleveland, @preston, @furness], description: "Thesis reviews of women candidates.", theses_reviewed: [@mrs_mc_clean, @mrs_stratton, @mrs_barkey, @mrs_underwood, @mrs_adams, @mrs_parker]}

@meeting_feb_25_1859:event {when: @date_1859_02_25, present: [@birdsell, @gorminger, @preston, @cleveland, @temple, @rockey, @furness, @e_furrell], description: "Voting on women candidates for the degree M.P.; recommendation for clinical experience at the New York Woman’s Infirmary."}

**Link meetings to the overall series**

@faculty_meeting_february_1859 -> comprised of -> [@meeting_feb_10_1859, @meeting_feb_14_1859, @meeting_feb_17_1859, @meeting_feb_25_1859]

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### Faculty members (persons)

@e_furrell:person {full_name: "E. Furrell", role: "Dean"}
@preston:person {full_name: "Preston", role: "Faculty member"}
@birdsell:person {full_name: "Birdsell", role: "Faculty member"}
@cleveland:person {full_name: "Cleveland", role: "Faculty member"}
@temple:person {full_name: "Temple", role: "Faculty member"}
@rockey:person {full_name: "Rockey", role: "Faculty member"}
@furness:person {full_name: "Furness", role: "Dean"}
@gorminger:person {full_name: "Dr. Gorminger", role: "Faculty member"}

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### Women candidates (persons) and their essay topics  

@mrs_botry:person {full_name: "Mrs. Botry", essay_topic: "Cause of Circulation of the Blood"}
@miss_stratton:person {full_name: "Miss Stratton", essay_topic: "Hydrogen"}
@miss_underwood:person {full_name: "Miss Underwood", essay_topic: "Water"}
@miss_shelley:person {full_name: "Miss Shelley", essay_topic: "Enteroplies"}
@miss_adams:person {full_name: "Miss Adams", essay_topic: "Digestion"}
@miss_porter:person {full_name: "Miss Porter", essay_topic: "Uterine Displacements"}

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### Thesis‑reviewed candidates  

@mrs_mc_clean:person {full_name: "Mrs. McClean"}
@mrs_stratton:person {full_name: "Mrs. Stratton"}
@mrs_barkey:person {full_name: "Mrs. Barkey"}
@mrs_underwood:person {full_name: "Mrs. Underwood"}
@mrs_adams:person {full_name: "Mrs. Adams"}
@mrs_parker:person {full_name: "Mrs. Parker"}

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### Voting candidates (final election)  

@sutnamine_underwood:person {full_name: "Sutnamine S. Underwood"}
@mary_malin_bailey:person {full_name: "Mary Malin Bailey"}
@st_winona_stratton:person {full_name: "St. Winona Stratton"}
@harriet_adams:person {full_name: "Harriet Adams"}
@maria_porter:person {full_name: "Maria W. Porter"}
@lizzie_mellen:person {full_name: "Lizzie S. Mellen"}

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### Degree  

@mp_degree:concept {full_name: "M.P.", description: "Medical degree awarded to successful candidates"}

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### Voting results (relationships with vote counts)

@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> voted for -> @sutnamine_underwood {white_votes: 66, black_votes: 4}
@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> voted for -> @mary_malin_bailey {white_votes: 60, black_votes: 10}
@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> voted for -> @st_winona_stratton {white_votes: 58, black_votes: 12}
@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> voted for -> @harriet_adams {white_votes: 56, black_votes: 14}
@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> voted for -> @maria_porter {white_votes: 55, black_votes: 15}
@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> voted for -> @lizzie_mellen {white_votes: 53, black_votes: 17}

**Award of degree**

@sutnamine_underwood -> awarded -> @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}
@mary_malin_bailey -> awarded -> @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}
@st_winona_stratton -> awarded -> @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}
@harriet_adams -> awarded -> @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}
@maria_porter -> awarded -> @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}
@lizzie_mellen -> awarded -> @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}

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### Recommendation for clinical experience  

@ny_woman_infirmary:place {location: @new_york, description: "New York Woman’s Infirmary"}

@meeting_feb_25_1859 -> recommended -> @ny_woman_infirmary {purpose: "clinical experience for graduates"}

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### Relationships between faculty and candidates (review & assignment)

@birdsell -> reviewed essay of -> @mrs_botry
@semple:person {full_name: "Dr. Semple"} -> reviewed essay of -> @miss_stratton
@cleveland -> reviewed essay of -> @miss_underwood
@roche:person {full_name: "Dr. Roche"} -> reviewed essay of -> @miss_shelley
@preston -> reviewed essay of -> @miss_adams
@e_furrell -> reviewed essay of -> @miss_porter

**(All reviewer persons are defined above; Dr. Semple, Dr. Roche are created here as needed.)**