107:
In 1911, Bass and another physician, Edith
Ballard, became the first women faculty members of the Tulane University school of medicine. By 1913, she became a salaried faculty member as an instructor in the laboratory of clinical medicine. Also in 1913, Bass became the first women elected as an active
20:
147:
created by women physicians. Bass wrote essays and histories based on her collection which now resides at the Matas
Medical Library. The collection itself also "documents the obstacles women had to overcome to become physicians."
109:
124:
in 1921 and 1922. Bass retired from teaching in 1941. After retiring, she became the house physician at the Jung Hotel. She stopped practicing medicine in 1949 and spent time caring for her mother in
Lumberton.
89:
and the sisters began their own private practice in the same city. Because the city hospitals of New
Orleans did not accept women physicians as staff members, Bass became a founder of a
132:
with the
Elizabeth Blackwell Centennial Medal Award in 1953. In 1956, Bass died of cancer at the Foundation Hospital in New Orleans and her body was buried in Lumberton.
487:
58:. Bass worked as an assistant teacher and attended Columbia High School, where she graduated in 1893. She also earned teaching certificates in both 1892 and 1896 from
143:
Bass collected a large body of work by and about women in medicine. She also collected the manuscripts, papers, pictures, letters, press clippings and other
502:
467:
81:
wouldn't admit women into their medical programs at the time, so the sisters went north to attend school. Bass and her sister went to the
472:
82:
497:
356:
258:
129:
121:
104:
in 1905. The Era Club helped influence the decision to allow women to enroll in Tulane
University as medical students in 1914.
38:
along with Edith
Ballard. Bass worked to promote the efforts of women as physicians. She worked at Tulane for thirty years.
492:
477:
512:
482:
507:
423:
268:
406:
Burns, Chester; Nelson, Melinda (1980). "Bass, Mary
Elizabeth". In Sicherman, Barbara; Green, Carol Hurd (eds.).
442:
378:
140:
After Bass' death in 1956, friends at Tulane created the
Elizabeth Bass Memorial Medical Student Loan Fund.
47:
77:, persuaded her and her sister, Cora, to become doctors sometime around 1899. However, schools in the
101:
93:
which would later become the New
Orleans Hospital and Dispensary for Women and Children (now the
78:
55:
415:
462:
457:
8:
31:
419:
408:
264:
35:
34:. She was the first of two women to become faculty members at the medical school of
112:(WPSMA). By 1920, she was a full professor and during her career at Tulane taught
74:
451:
204:
59:
51:
284:
229:
117:
94:
30:(April 5, 1876 – January 26, 1956) was an American physician, educator and
410:
Notable American Women: The Modern Period : a Biographical Dictionary
86:
63:
90:
50:, and was one of eight children. The family lost their property in the
108:
member of the Orleans Parish Medical Society. In 1915, she joined the
113:
19:
144:
85:
and they graduated in 1904. Charles Bass had a private practice in
62:. She worked as a teacher for some time in the public schools of
414:. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp.
67:
339:
337:
335:
333:
331:
329:
327:
325:
323:
321:
319:
317:
302:
182:
180:
178:
176:
174:
172:
170:
168:
166:
314:
163:
120:
and clinical medicine. She served as president of the
110:
Women Physicians of the Southern Medical Association
407:
449:
263:. Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira Press. p. 16.
488:Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania alumni
379:"Elizabeth Bass Collection: Women in Medicine"
443:Elizabeth Bass Collection: Women in Medicine
405:
343:
308:
186:
260:Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide
18:
256:
83:Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
503:20th-century American women physicians
468:People from Marion County, Mississippi
450:
252:
250:
199:
197:
195:
130:American Medical Women's Association
122:Medical Women's National Association
46:Bass was born on April 5, 1876, in
13:
473:People from Lumberton, Mississippi
14:
524:
436:
247:
209:Tulane University Online Exhibits
192:
116:, clinical laboratory diagnosis,
498:20th-century American physicians
371:
349:
277:
222:
1:
151:
156:
100:Bass became a member of the
41:
7:
493:Physicians from Mississippi
478:Scientists from New Orleans
298:– via Newspapers.com.
257:Danilov, Victor J. (2005).
243:– via Newspapers.com.
23:Dr. Elizabeth Bass in 1920.
10:
529:
430:elizabeth bass suffragist.
399:
48:Marion County, Mississippi
513:Physicians from Louisiana
483:Tulane University faculty
135:
508:American women academics
285:"Era Club's Year Closes"
128:Bass was honored by the
361:Medical Woman's Journal
344:Burns & Nelson 1980
309:Burns & Nelson 1980
187:Burns & Nelson 1980
102:Era Club of New Orleans
357:"Fifth Annual Meeting"
79:southern United States
56:Lumberton, Mississippi
24:
383:Rudolph Matas Library
73:Bass' older brother,
22:
205:"Dr. Elizabeth Bass"
367:(5): 131. May 1920.
28:Mary Elizabeth Bass
289:The Times-Democrat
234:The Times-Democrat
95:Sara Mayo Hospital
54:and they moved to
25:
16:American physician
236:. 4 December 1904
36:Tulane University
520:
432:
413:
393:
392:
390:
389:
375:
369:
368:
353:
347:
341:
312:
311:, p. 63-64.
306:
300:
299:
297:
296:
281:
275:
274:
254:
245:
244:
242:
241:
230:"Dr. E. C. Bass"
226:
220:
219:
217:
215:
201:
190:
184:
528:
527:
523:
522:
521:
519:
518:
517:
448:
447:
439:
426:
402:
397:
396:
387:
385:
377:
376:
372:
355:
354:
350:
342:
315:
307:
303:
294:
292:
283:
282:
278:
271:
255:
248:
239:
237:
228:
227:
223:
213:
211:
203:
202:
193:
185:
164:
159:
154:
138:
44:
17:
12:
11:
5:
526:
516:
515:
510:
505:
500:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
465:
460:
446:
445:
438:
437:External links
435:
434:
433:
424:
401:
398:
395:
394:
370:
348:
313:
301:
276:
269:
246:
221:
191:
161:
160:
158:
155:
153:
150:
137:
134:
60:normal schools
43:
40:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
525:
514:
511:
509:
506:
504:
501:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
461:
459:
456:
455:
453:
444:
441:
440:
431:
427:
425:9780674627338
421:
417:
412:
411:
404:
403:
384:
380:
374:
366:
362:
358:
352:
346:, p. 64.
345:
340:
338:
336:
334:
332:
330:
328:
326:
324:
322:
320:
318:
310:
305:
291:. 28 May 1905
290:
286:
280:
272:
270:9780759108554
266:
262:
261:
253:
251:
235:
231:
225:
210:
206:
200:
198:
196:
189:, p. 63.
188:
183:
181:
179:
177:
175:
173:
171:
169:
167:
162:
149:
146:
141:
133:
131:
126:
123:
119:
115:
111:
105:
103:
98:
96:
92:
88:
84:
80:
76:
71:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
39:
37:
33:
29:
21:
429:
409:
386:. Retrieved
382:
373:
364:
360:
351:
304:
293:. Retrieved
288:
279:
259:
238:. Retrieved
233:
224:
212:. Retrieved
208:
142:
139:
127:
118:bacteriology
106:
99:
72:
45:
27:
26:
463:1956 deaths
458:1876 births
97:) in 1908.
87:New Orleans
64:Mississippi
452:Categories
388:2018-03-31
295:2018-03-31
240:2018-03-31
152:References
91:dispensary
52:depression
32:suffragist
157:Citations
114:pathology
42:Biography
214:31 March
145:ephemera
400:Sources
75:Charles
422:
267:
136:Legacy
418:–65.
68:Texas
420:ISBN
265:ISBN
216:2018
66:and
454::
428:.
416:63
381:.
365:27
363:.
359:.
316:^
287:.
249:^
232:.
207:.
194:^
165:^
70:.
391:.
273:.
218:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
