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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  • Type: Commerce
  • Description: American medical school, now absorbed by Drexel University School of Medicine
  • Also known as: “Col·legi Femení de Medicina de Pennsylvannia”, “Falls Center”, “Female Medical College”, “Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital”, “Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia”, “Пенсильванский женский медицинский колледж”, “ペンシルヴェニア女子医科大学”, “賓夕法尼亞女子醫科大學”, and “賓夕法尼亞州女子醫學院”
  • Address: 3300 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, 19129

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include East Falls station and Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library.

Railway station
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is a station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia, . It is located at Midvale Avenue & Cresson Street and includes a 51 space parking lot. is situated 2,100 feet west of Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Library
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is situated 2,400 feet west of Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Park
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allegheny West and East Falls.

Neighborhood
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is a in the section of , , United States. It is named after its location in the vicinity of Allegheny Avenue on the western side of Broad Street.

Neighborhood
is a in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, , United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the and projects.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the section of Lower in the state of , United States. is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of and , and it is bounded by the Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.

Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania

Latitude
40.0118° or 40° 0′ 43″ north
Longitude
-75.18442° or 75° 11′ 4″ west
Open location code
87G62R68+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 73038639
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Wiki­data ID
Q8030657
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Փենսիլվանիայի կանանց բժշկական քոլեջ”
  • Catalan: “Women’s Medical College de Pennsilvània”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Czech: “Ženská lékařská fakulta v Pensylvánii”
  • Dutch: “Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • French: “Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • Galician: “Women’s Medical College de Pensilvania”
  • Hebrew: “בית הספר לרפואה לנשים של פנסילבניה”
  • Indonesian: “Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • Italian: “Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • Japanese: “ペンシルベニア女子医科大学”
  • Malayalam: “വിമെൻസ് മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജ് ഓഫ് പെൻ‌സിൽ‌വാനിയ”
  • Malayalam: “വുമൺസ് മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജ് ഓഫ് പെൻ‌സിൽ‌വാനിയ”
  • Marathi: “विमेन्स मेडिकल कॉलेज ऑफ पेनसिल्व्हेनिया”
  • Marathi: “विमेन्स मेडिकल कॉलेज ऑफ पेन्सिल्व्हेनिया”
  • Russian: “Женский медицинский колледж Пенсильвании”
  • Spanish: “Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Female Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Coleg Meddygol Woman of Pennsylvania”
  • “Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania”

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