Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While
her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an)
in medicine. At 18 she married and
a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a
. Her husband supported her decision.
, Canadian medical schools did not
women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study
at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to
her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte
to Montreal and set up a private
. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a
doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte
herself operating on damaged limbs and setting
bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had
a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was
. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to
her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to
her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to
a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte
to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her
, a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
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