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Lydia Folger Fowler and Sarah Dolley were the second and third women to receive a degree in medicine. They both graduated from Rochester's Central Medical College (Fowler in 1850, Dolley in 1851). Shown is a description of the College from the 1851-52 Directory of the City of Rochester and a statement from the College endorsing female medical students that appeared in the May, 1850 issue of the Lily.
“Pages from the Daily American Directory of the city of Rochester for 1851-2,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed February 3, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/563.