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The pages also record the motion to allow ladies from the School of Design to attend anatomy lectures, with Dr. Pancoast authorized to arrange such attendance on the condition of a one‑third payment to the faculty.
@faculty_meeting_minutes:collection {title: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1852-1853", creator: [@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, @david_i_johnson, @william_s_peirce, @ellwood_harvey, @david_j_johnson], institution: "Drexel Legacy Collections", created: @date_1852_1853, language: "en", subjects: ["minutes","faculty meetings","medical education","women in medicine","medical colleges","curriculum","student examinations","college administration"]}
@minute_book:document {title: "Minute book of the faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia", date_range: {start: @date_1850_06_25, end: @date_1864_10_08}, location: @philadelphia, pages: 213, format: "mixed material"}
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {founded: @date_1850, description: "First college in the world regularly organized for the education of women for the medical profession"}
@david_i_johnson:person {full_name: "David I. Johnson", role: "Dean", title: "M.D.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@william_s_peirce:person {full_name: "William S. Peirce", role: "Secretary", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@david_j_johnson:person {full_name: "David J. Johnson", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@seth_pancoast:person {full_name: "Seth Pancoast", title: "Dr.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@livezey:person {full_name: "Livezey", title: "Dr.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@rolfe:person {full_name: "Rolfe", title: "Dr.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@longshore:person {full_name: "Longshore", title: "Dr.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@cornell:person {full_name: "Cornell", title: "Dr.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@henrietta_w_johnson:person {full_name: "Henrietta W. Johnson", gender: "female", residence: "New York"}
@almira_l_fowler:person {full_name: "Almira L. Fowler", gender: "female", residence: "New York"}
@maria_mckinnis:person {full_name: "Maria McKinnis", gender: "female", residence: "Pennsylvania"}
@charlotte_g_adams:person {full_name: "Charlotte G. Adams", gender: "female", residence: "Boston"}
@hannah_w_ellis:person {full_name: "Hannah W. Ellis", gender: "female", residence: "Philadelphia"}
@augusta_r_montgomery:person {full_name: "Augusta R. Montgomery", gender: "female", residence: "New York"}
@margaret_richardson:person {full_name: "Margaret Richardson", gender: "female", residence: "Philadelphia"}
@julia_a_beverly:person {full_name: "Julia A. Beverly", gender: "female", residence: "Providence"}
@annah_n_s_anderson:person {full_name: "Annah N. S. Anderson", gender: "female", residence: "Bristol"}
@fundraising_committee:organization {name: "Committee to raise funds for the immediate necessities of the College", members: [@ellwood_harvey, @david_j_johnson]}
@medicine_committee:organization {name: "Committee to obtain medicines for the dispensary", members: [@livezey, @rolfe]}
@museum_committee:organization {name: "Committee to procure preparations for the museum", members: [@longshore, @seth_pancoast]}
@endowment_committee:organization {name: "Committee to raise a fund for endowment", members: [@cornell]}
@society_defray_expenses:organization {name: "Society for defraying the annual expenses of the College", members: [@livezey, @longshore, @seth_pancoast]}
@professor_of_anatomy:position {title: "Professor of Anatomy", institution: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, session: "1852-1853"}
@school_of_design:organization {name: "School of Design"}
@application_ladies_attend_anatomy:document {applicant: @school_of_design, subject: "lectures on Anatomy", condition: "pay one third of sum received to Faculty"}
@date_1852_10_28
@meeting_10:event {number: 10, date: @date_1852_10_28, location: @philadelphia, minutes_page: @file_a092_001_042_jpg}
@date_1853_01_12
@meeting_11:event {number: 11, date: @date_1853_01_12, location: @philadelphia, minutes_page: @file_a092_001_043_jpg}
@date_1853_01_19
@meeting_12:event {number: 12, date: @date_1853_01_19, location: @philadelphia, minutes_page: @file_a092_001_043_jpg}
@seth_pancoast -> appointed as -> @professor_of_anatomy
@david_i_johnson -> dean_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@william_s_peirce -> secretary_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@ellwood_harvey -> appointed to -> @fundraising_committee
@david_j_johnson -> appointed to -> @fundraising_committee
@livezey -> appointed to -> @medicine_committee
@rolfe -> appointed to -> @medicine_committee
@longshore -> appointed to -> @museum_committee
@seth_pancoast -> appointed to -> @museum_committee
@cornell -> appointed to -> @endowment_committee
@livezey -> appointed to -> @society_defray_expenses
@longshore -> appointed to -> @society_defray_expenses
@seth_pancoast -> appointed to -> @society_defray_expenses
@david_i_johnson -> presented application from -> @school_of_design {to: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, subject: "lectures on Anatomy"}
@livezey -> motioned -> @application_ladies_attend_anatomy
@seth_pancoast -> authorized to arrange -> @school_of_design {condition: "pay one third of sum received to Faculty"}
@meeting_11:event -> listed candidates -> [@henrietta_w_johnson, @almira_l_fowler, @maria_mckinnis, @charlotte_g_adams, @hannah_w_ellis, @augusta_r_montgomery, @margaret_richardson, @julia_a_beverly, @annah_n_s_anderson]
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @henrietta_w_johnson {votes: "All white"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @almira_l_fowler {votes: "All white"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @maria_mckinnis {votes: "All white"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @charlotte_g_adams {votes: "6 White & 1 Black"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @hannah_w_ellis {votes: "4 White & 3 Black"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @augusta_r_montgomery {votes: "All white"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @margaret_richardson {votes: "All"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @julia_a_beverly {votes: "All"}
@meeting_12:event -> ballot result for -> @annah_n_s_anderson {votes: "5 White & 2 Black"}
@file_pinax:file {type: "metadata", format: "PINAX", title: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1852-1853", creator: [@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, @david_i_johnson, @william_s_peirce, @ellwood_harvey, @david_j_johnson], institution: "Drexel Legacy Collections", created: @date_1852_1853, language: "en", subjects: ["minutes","faculty meetings","medical education","women in medicine","medical colleges","curriculum","student examinations","college administration"], description: "Collection of faculty meeting minutes documenting administrative decisions, committee appointments, and student examinations during 1852-1853.", place: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_042_jpg:file {type: "image", description: "Page 10 of minute book (Oct. 28 1852)", ocr_text: "Porators of the College held this day, Dr. Seth Pancoast was unanimously elected Professor of Anatomy in this College for the Session 1852-3..."}
@file_a092_001_043_jpg:file {type: "image", description: "Pages 11‑12 of minute book (Jan. 12‑19 1853)", ocr_text: "No. 11. Philad. Jan. 12th 1853. ... No. 12. Philad. Jan. 19th 1853. Minutes of last three meetings read and adopted..."}Porators of the College held this day, Dr. Seth Pancoast was unanimously elected Professor of Anatomy in this College for the Session 1852-3. Yours truly, Wm. S. Peirce Secretary. Drs. Harvey and Johnson were appointed a Committee to raise funds for the immediate necessities of the College; Drs. Livezey and Rolfe, to obtain medicines for the dispensary; Drs. Longshore and Pancoast, to procure preparations for the museum; Dr. Cornell, to raise a fund for endowment; and Drs. Livezey, Longshore & Pancoast, to organize a Society for defraying the annual expenses of the College. Then adjourned. David I. Johnson M.D. Dean. No. 10. Philad. Oct. 28th 1852 The Dean having presented an application from Ladies belonging to the School of Design to be allowed to attend the lectures on Anatomy, it was resolved, on motion of Dr. Livezey, that "Dr. Pancoast be authorized to make such arrangements with them as might seem proper to him, on condition of his paying to the Faculty one third of the sum received." Then adjourned. David I. Johnson M.D. Dean.
No. 11. Philad. Jan. 12th 1853. The Dean having announced that the following students had presented themselves as candidates for the Degree of M.D., namely, Mrs. Henrietta W. Johnson of New York, Miss Almira L. Fowler of New York, Miss Maria McKinnis of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Charlotte G. Adams of Boston, Mrs. Hannah W. Ellis of Philadelphia, Miss Augusta R. Montgomery of New York, Mrs. Margaret Richardson of Philadelphia, Mrs. Julia A. Beverly of Providence, and Mrs. Annah N. S. Anderson of Bristol—the Faculty arranged the order of their examinations, and then adjourned. David I. Johnson M.D. Dean. No. 12. Philad. Jan. 19th 1853. Minutes of last three meetings read and adopted. Reports of the Committees appointed Oct. 25th 1852, was postponed. The Faculty then proceeded to ballot on the candidates, with the following results: Mrs. Henrietta W. Johnson—All white. Miss Almira L. Fowler—All white. Miss Maria McKinnis—All white. Mrs. Charlotte G. Adams—6 White & 1 Black. Mrs. Hannah W. Ellis—4 White & 3 Black. Miss Augusta R. Montgomery—All white. Mrs. Margaret Richardson—All. Mrs. Julia A. Beverly—All. Mrs. Annah N. S. Anderson—5 White & 2 Black.
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