Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania

Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree.
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  • Commerce
  • …was formerly known as “Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital”
  • Description: American medical school, now absorbed by Drexel University School of Medicine
  • Address: 3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, 19129
  • Also known as
    “Falls Center”
    “Female Medical College”
    “Female Medical College of Pennsylvania”
    “Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia”
    “Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”

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Latitude
40.0118° or 40° 0′ 43″ north
Longitude
-75.18442° or 75° 11′ 4″ west
Open location code
87G62R68+P6
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania” goes by many names.
كلية الطب النسائية في بنسلفانياArabic
Փենսիլվանիայի կանանց բժշկական քոլեջArmenian
Col·legi Femení de Medicina de PennsylvanniaCatalan
Women’s Medical College de PennsilvàniaCatalan
宾夕法尼亚女子医学院Chinese
宾夕法尼亚女子医科大学Chinese
賓夕法尼亞女子醫學院Chinese
賓夕法尼亞女子醫科大學Chinese
賓夕法尼亞州女子醫學院Chinese
Women’s Medical College of PennsylvaniaCzech
Ženská lékařská fakulta v PensylvániiCzech
Woman’s Medical College of PennsylvaniaDutch
Women’s Medical College de PensilvaniaGalician
בית הספר לרפואה לנשים של פנסילבניהHebrew
Women’s Medical College of PennsylvaniaIndonesian
Woman’s Medical College of PennsylvaniaItalian
ペンシルヴェニア女子医科大学Japanese
ペンシルベニア女子医科大学Japanese
വിമെൻസ് മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജ് ഓഫ് പെൻ‌സിൽ‌വാനിയMalayalam
വുമൺസ് മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജ് ഓഫ് പെൻ‌സിൽ‌വാനിയMalayalam
विमेन्स मेडिकल कॉलेज ऑफ पेन्सिल्व्हेनियाMarathi
Женский медицинский колледж ПенсильванииRussian
Пенсильванский женский медицинский колледжRussian
Female Medical College of PennsylvaniaSwedish
Woman’s Medical College of PennsylvaniaSwedish
Coleg Meddygol Woman of PennsylvaniaWelsh

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