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Introduction

Mary Hobart (1851-c. 1930) was a medical doctor in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th century. She specialized in obstetrics where she was known for her independence and resources. There are many times in her life where her career correlated with that of her great- great -grandmother’s, Martha Ballard. Nevertheless, Mary Hobart sought out the medical profession by her own ambition as an early entrant. Her service was due in part to caring for the poor in hospitals. Mary Hobart was more than just a doctor, but a pioneer. She practiced for 30 years in Boston before she decided to retire in Needham Heights, Massachusetts. Furthermore, Hobart chose to be single for her entire life since she could independently support herself.

Adolescence

            Hobart was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. She trained at the Women's Medical College, of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children from 1882-1884. The hospital was founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. The opening of this school was due in part to many other medical schools closing down their doors to females. Blackwell and other female physicians made up about five percent of the profession in the late nineteenth century. The amount of female physicians did not change until the 1960s.

Martha Ballard's Diary

            By the time Hobart graduated from the Women's Medical College, her cousin Lucy Lambard Fessenden gathered her great- great-grandmother's historical diary for her great aunts to give to Mary. Though Mary is known to be a pioneer in medicine, her great- great- grandmother, Martha Ballard, is a late 18^th century housewife whose diary is the main source for the book, A Midwife’s Tale. Since Hobart was one of few to graduate from medical school in her family, it was only fitting to have a diary of medical importance passed down to her. Hobart was thirty-three when she received “a hopeless pile of loose unconsecutive pages”. Her great aunts, Sarah Lambard and Hannah Lambard Walcott, decided it was best for Hobart to take care of the diary. She decided to donate the diary to the Maine State Library in 1930. In exchange of the donation, Hobart expected a transcript copy of the diary. She never received a full translation of the work, but Hobart was grateful for the parts she was given.

Adulthood

Following the Women's Medical College, she was practicing medicine at the New England Hospital for Women and Children from 1886 until 1913.^[1] The hospital was founded in 1862 by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska. Here, Hobart specialized in obstetrics^[2][3], concentrating on pregnancies, childbirth, and postpartum period.

            Once Hobart decided to retire, she took up a private life in Needham Heights, Massachusetts.^[4] There, she became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Women were allowed to enter the Massachusetts Medical Society on June 10th, 1884, the same year Hobart received Martha Ballard’s historical diary.

Hello! I plan on adding information to this article about Mary Hobart. One of the sources that has already been used was not used completely, so I will add more from this article as well. There is no reason as to how she entered the medical field, so I am adding this as well. 

http://dohistory.org/book/100_epilogue_txt.html

Glenn, Joshua. "Dr. Hobart, I presume." Boston.com. February 5, 2008. Accessed October 07, 2017. http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2008/02/hobart.html.

This citation gives information about the hospital Mary Hobart practiced: 

New England Hospital for Women and Children. "New England Hospital for Women and Children Records, 1792-1994 Finding Aid." Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections. Accessed October 07, 2017. http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss55_bioghist.html.

I chose to edit the Wikipedia article about Mary Hobart. I plan on adding much information to this article, since there is little information about her life and accomplishments. There is information included about where she studied and practiced, but no information about what she studied. I plan on researching this material as well as her individual life. She was born in Boston, but I want to research her life growing up as to why she wanted to practice medicine.

Article Evaluation:

• Women in Medicine
  • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Everything is relevant to the article, but is organized and explained very poorly. Much of the information was very vague and didn't include much detail about the women in medicine we have studied. When discussing the types of women healers, they do not include the five aspects that we have covered in class. This article discusses herbalists, midwives, surgeons, barber-surgeons, nurses, and traditional empirics. In class, we have discussed apothecaries as well.
  • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • The article is very neutral. All of the material is factual with no stance on any opinion.
  • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Many underrepresented viewpoints in the article. Not all female physicians are discussed under "Pioneering Women in Medieval Europe"
  • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    • Yes, the citations work in this article. The links work as well.
  • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Most of the information comes from the web or another wikipedia article. These sources are neutral as well.
  • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    • There is much information that is missing, especially the details of each woman that has made in impact in medicine.
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    • Behind the scenes, many want to see more links and information regarding various people. There is also a coding issue as well as external links modified.
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    • This article is part of many WikiProjects.
  • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
    • Wikipedia doesn't go as much into depth as much as we do.