Eliza Maria Mosher
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Eliza Maria Mosher was an American
physician
and educator whose wide-ranging medical career included an educational focus on physical fitness and health maintenance. In 1869, over the objections of friends and family, she entered the New England Hospital for Women and Children
as an intern apprentice. After a year she was forced to suspend her education
United States
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physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and educator whose wide-ranging medical career included an educational focus on physical fitness and health maintenance. In 1869, over the objections of friends and family, she entered the New England Hospital for Women and Children
New England Hospital for Women and Children
New England Hospital for Women and Children was opened in Boston, Massachusetts on July 1, 1862 by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska and Ednah Dow Cheney. The Hospital remained dedicated to women and children until the 1950s when it became financially deficient and after recommendations from the United...
as an intern apprentice. After a year she was forced to suspend her education