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Isabel Barrows
(1845 - 1913)
Ophthalmologist
Visit Her Landmarks
Isabel Hayes Chapin Barrows (1845 – 1913)
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Isabel Hayes Chapin Barrows (1845 – 1913)
Dorchester: Upham's Corner
51 Sawyer Ave., Dorchester, MA 02125
19th Century
Government & Public Service
Abolition, Civil Rights, Social Activism
Medicine
Isabel Barrows (1845-1913), the first woman stenographer in the US State Department, earned an MD and opened the first private medical practice for women. She later settled in Dorchester.
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about Isabel Hayes Chapin Barrows (1845 – 1913)
