Dover, Tenn.—Learn about Pioneering Physician Mary Jane Safford at this Saturday’s program set at the Stewart Co Public Library in Dover. Providing the program will be Dr. Elizabeth Coachman, professor from the University of South Florida. The program will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24.
Mary Jane Safford was a nurse, physician, educator, and humanitarian, and pioneer in women medical providers in the 19th century United States.
As a nurse in the Union army she worked closely with Mary Ann Bickerdyke treating the sick and injured near Fort Donelson, and was nicknamed the “Cairo Angel” for her service in Cairo, Illinois. After the war she became one of the first female gynecologists in the nation, and was the first woman to perform an ovariotomy. She later taught at Boston University, and was one of the first women elected to the Boston School Committee.
Dr. Elizabeth Coachman is a Professor of Pathology and Lecturer of Laboratory Medicine at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
She researched Civil War medicine for many years, eventually publishing her book, “Mary Jane Safford, MD: Indomitable Mite,” in 2017.
Dr. Coachman’s presentation about Mary Safford will elaborate on her work as a volunteer nurse at Fort Donelson and other battlefields; as well as of her postwar life as a lecturer, physician, and surgeon.
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