Summer research fellowship on history of women in medicine

The M. Louise Carpenter Gloeckner, M.D. Summer Research Fellowship is offered annually by the Drexel University College of Medicine Legacy

Center: Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine, in Philadelphia, PA. A $4,000 stipend is awarded to one applicant for research completed in residence at the Legacy Center. The term of the fellowship is no less than four and up to six weeks to begin on or after June 1.

The annual deadline for applications is March 1 and has been extended this year to April 1, 2013.

This fellowship was established in memory of M. Louise Carpenter Gloeckner, M.D. in recognition of her key leadership role in the medical profession. This is a competitive annual fellowship open to scholars, students and general researchers.

In addition to materials related to the history of the Woman's Medical College/Medical College of Pennsylvania, the collections have particular strengths in the history of women in medicine, nursing, medical missionaries, the American Medical Women's Association, American Women's Hospital Service, and other women in medicine organizations. The majority of the collections fall within the period 1850 to the present.

Full information at http://bit.ly/wye5FM or email Joanne Murray at archives@drexelmed.edu