Portrait of Anna Degenring, taken from the class of 1904 photograph.
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"“Why I Want to Go to Arabia”: Early Medical Missionaries in the Middle East "
Dr. Anna Degenring graduated from Woman’s Medical College in 1904. In 1906, she was sent as medical missionary to Vellore, India, by the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions. In Vellore, she worked at the American Baptist Mission Hospital for Women and Children. Photo is of graduating students from the class of 1904. The graduates are numbered from 1-33. The names can be read from left to right starting at the back row and moving down the subsequent rows.
Dr. Anna Degenring graduated from Woman’s Medical College in 1904. In 1906, she was sent as medical missionary to Vellore, India, by the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions. In Vellore, she worked at the American Baptist Mission Hospital for Women and Children.
Creator: Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Language: english
Item Number: p1723a
Pages: 1
Size: 41.9X29.4
Physical Collection: Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania: Photograph Collection. 1850-present. (ACC-AHC1), ACC-AHC1
Link to OPAC Record: http://innopac.library.drexel.edu/search/c?SEARCH=ACC-076
Cite this source: Title of document, date. Early Medical Missionaries in the Middle East: Why I Want to Go to Arabia. Doctor or Doctress?: Explore American history through the eyes of women physicians. The Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine Archives & Special Collections. Philadelphia, PA. Date of access. http://lcdc.library.drexel.edu/islandora/object/islandora:1862
Degenring, Ana
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania--Students
Philadelphia (Pa.)