Women Doctors
Many of the women doctors of Campbell County were graduates of various medical school in Cincinnati; Laura Memorial Woman's Medical College, 618 West Sixth Street; Women's Medical College, 164 George Street; Pulte Medical School, 7th and John Streets; Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, 409 East Fifth Street; Ohio Medical College; Miami Medical College; Eclectic Medical College, 1009 Plum Street.
Laura Memorial Women's Medical College merged with Miami and then Miami with Ohio Medical College in 1908 to become the University of Cincinnati Medical College.
Margaretha Amrenn was a midwife in Campbell County as early as January 1, 1853.
Mary J Baker was a nurse in Dayton in 1890.
Bettie Campbell was a nurse in Dayton in 1890.
Dr. Ida May Westlake Caldwell graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical Department in 1912 and practiced in Newport. She died in 1957 at the age of 74.
Mrs. William Coomes was the first midwife to practice in the state of Kentucky in 1775.
Dr. Mary A Conner was a physician at 929 York in Newport in the 1900s.
Mary Echtermann was a practicing midwife in Bellevue by 1882 on the north side of Center between Taylor and Washington Avenues and in 1897 at 123 Foote Av.
Mrs. C C L Graninger practiced at 62 Front Street in Newport in 1869.
Dr. Emma Gunkel was born 8 Feb 1864 in Newport, the daughter of Dr. Heinrich Carl Gunkel and Katherine Weber. She practiced in Newport. She died 24 May 1899 at 3 Sixth St in Newport and was buried 27 May in Evergreen Cemetery.
Dr. Anna Wilhelmina Hagemann was born in Ft. Thomas and graduated from Eclectic Medical School in 1914; practiced in Ft. Thomas. She died in New Jersey December 1951 at the age of 82.
Dr. Katherine D Hanks graduated from Laura Memorial Medical School in 1894.
Dr. Emily Hess graduated from the University of Cincinnati School in 1938 and practiced in Ft. Thomas for a number of years. She then took post graduate training and practiced physical therapy in Cincinnati.
Dr. Amalia Armayor Hickman was a native of Havana Cuba, a graduate of Havana University Medical School in 1951. She interned in Cincinnati and was the first woman to practice in Alexandria beginning in 1965. She died January 3, 1972.
Julia Hofmeier was a midwife in Newport in 1878 at 248 Monmouth and in 1880 at 14 Dayton av.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jaeckel was a midwife in Newport in 1878 at 109 Mayo and in 1880 at the northwest corner of Mayo and Saratoga
Dr. Cora F Kehm registered as a physician in Campbell County in July 1897 and graduated from the Eclectic Medical School in 1898 and maintained a practice with her husband, Charles J Kehm, in Newport at 942 Columbia Street.
Elizabeth Kurtz was a midwife in Newport in 1880 at 163 Central Av.
Dr. Katherine S Roebuck Laird was born in 28 July 1860 in Canada, the daughter of John S Roebuck and Emily B Jessup. She was a graduate of Laura Memorial Medical School in 1889, and interned at the Presbyterian Hospital. As early as 1889 she practiced at 707 York in Newport. She was a member of the American Medical Association and the Campbell-Kenton County Medical Society. She died January 26, 1930 in Newport and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery section 17 lot 99 S1/2.
Dr. Mary A Latham practiced at Fairfield and Dayton Avenues in Dayton in 1888.
Emilia Lichtenfeldt was a midwife in Bellevue by 1897.
Mrs. McKnight was the first midwife to practice in the Newport area about 1800.
Mrs. M Muller was a midwife in Newport in 1878 at 234 Monmouth.
Mrs. E Ording was a midwife in Newport in 1878 at Brighton southeast corner of Locust.
Rachel Tarvin Painter was a midwife in the Carthage area. She was born 5 Aug 1800 in Mason Co to Joseph C and Martha (Cowgill) Tarvin, and married to George Painter 31 Mar 1820. She probably trained to be a midwife from another woman in the Carthage area. She died 16 Oct 1883 and is buried in the Tarvin and Moore Cemetery in Carthage.
Mrs. Kate Platts graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and practiced with her husband Dr. George E Platts at their pharmacy in Bellevue.
Dr. Janet Dorothy Quinn as early as 1889 had a practice at Tenth and Isabella in Newport. She graduated from the Eclectic Medical College in 1894 and was still listed in Newport in 1910.
Dr. Louise Gunkel Rainey graduated from Laura Memorial Women's Medical College in Cincinnati in 1902 and practiced at 11 East Sixth Street in Newport. She was the daughter of Dr. Henry C Gunkel.
Rosanna Scholl was a midwife in 1867 in Newport at Columbia and Jefferson and into the 1880's at 53 1/2 Dayton Av..
Catherine Schwenn was a midwife at 94 Third Street in Dayton by 1890.
Dr. Anna G Sedam was born in 1864 and had a practice at 116 W. Third Street in Newport as early as 1889. She graduated from the Women's Medical College of Cincinnati in 1895 and registered as a physician in Campbell County in May 1895.
Sarah M Siewers was born March 1, 1855 grew up in Newport and graduated from Cincinnati's Eclectic Medical College in 1891 and operated a practice at 209 East 6th Street in Newport. She died April 22, 1926.
Dr. Jessie Southgate was born June 12, 1875 in Ft. Thomas, the daughter of James Moss and Emma (Hills) Southgate. During WWI she served in the United States Army Medical Corp in France. She practiced in Cincinnati in 1920 , but moved her practiced to San Antonio Texas where she died in 1931.
Dr. Louise Southgate graduated from Laura Memorial Medical School in 1894 and practiced until 1930.
Dr. Anna S Taliaferro registered as a physician in Campbell County in July 1898.
Dr. Mary G Taylor had a practice in Dayton at 76 Main by 1890.
Louise Wade was a midwife in Dayton at 38 Front by 1890.
Elisabetha Weber was a midwife as early as January 18, 1854 in Campbell County.
Dr. Anna E Wolfram was born January 3, 1857 in Canada, the daughter of Frederick and Mary Jane (Taylor) Wolfram and as early as 1880 was a nurse at 147 Center Street in Bellevue. She graduated from Women's Medical College in 1895 and was the first and only woman doctor in the Bellevue-Dayton area. She practiced from 1892 to 1926. She is credited with bringing hundreds of Bellevue children into the world. She died December 2, 1930.
Grandma Jane Wolfram was a midwife in early Bellevue.
Dr. Lorraine Yeager was born in 1906, practiced in Alexandria and died in 1962. She was buried in the Alexandria Cemetery.
Dr. Carolyn (Carrie) E Zimmerman was born 1859, graduated Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1896 and practiced at 821 Washington Avenue in Newport. She was awarded a Fellowship in the American Medical Association. She died April 16, 1923.
Fredericka Zimmermann was a midwife in Dayton in 1872.