Josephine M. R. White deLacour (October 4, 1849 – March 16, 1929) was an American physician and suffragist and one of the first woman physicians in Delaware.
Josephine White deLacour | |
|---|---|
| Born | Josephine Margaret Rebecca White October 4, 1849 |
| Died | March 16, 1929 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Old Swedes Cemetery, Wilmington |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse |
Edward deLacour
(m. 1900; died 1928) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
Early life
editJosephine Margaret Rebecca White was born on October 4, 1849, to Mary (née Beyer) and Alexander White at Beyerbrook Farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] Her family moved to Wilmington, Delaware in the 1850s.[1] She graduated from Wesleyan Female College in Wilmington in 1875 and received her medical degree from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1878.[2][3]
Career
editShe began her practice in Wilmington, Delaware in 1879 and in 1880 became the first woman elected a member of the Delaware Medical Society.[4] She was also active in the women's suffrage movement, serving as president of the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Association from 1914 to 1916.[1][5] She was one of the founders of the Physicians' and Surgeons' Hospital (later Wilmington General Hospital).[3]
In June 1895, she ran for Wilmington's Board of Education, but was defeated.[1]
Josephine White deLacour practiced medicine in Wilmington for 50 years, until her death.[6]
Personal life
editIn 1900, she married Edward deLacour (1855–1928), a judge of the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore.[1][2] They lived at 706 West Street in Wilmington, Delaware, where she also had her office.
Death
editShe died on March 16, 1929, from angina at her home in Wilmington.[7] She is buried at the Old Swedes Cemetery in Wilmington.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Cooper, Constance J. "Biographical Sketch of Josephine M. R. White De Lacour". documents.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ a b c Barrett, Helen (March 14, 1928). "Dr. White deLacour Has Golden Jubilee". Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. p. 8.
- ^ a b c "Death Ends Career of Dr. deLacour; Burial Wednesday (cont.)". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE. March 18, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State Medical Society". Daily Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. June 9, 1880. p. 1.
- ^ Blackwell, Alice Stone (July 19, 1919). "Delaware's Victory Luncheon". The Woman Citizen. Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission. p. 171.
- ^ "Woman Physician Is Heart Victim". Wilmington Morning News. March 18, 1929. p. 2.
- ^ "Death Ends Career of Dr. deLacour; Burial Wednesday". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE. March 18, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.