Inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1935
Note: The Sanger Ancestral Seal in photo section belongs to her husband, not to her. She was a Sanger by marriage, not by birth.
Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Friday, February 8, 1957:
Dr Winnie M Sanger, 83, Oklahoma City's first woman doctor, died Thursday. Services are set for 4 pm Saturday at Guardian Funeral Home with interment at Rose Hill burial park. Dr Sanger was born Feb 2, 1874 at Carmi, Illinois, and came to Oklahoma City in 1894. She lived at Claremore and Yukon before settling at Oklahoma City in 1904.
She attended medical school from 1899 to 1904 at Washburn college (Topeka KS), a part of Kansas State college and received her M.D. in 1904. She passed Missouri and Oklahoma medical board examinations that year and practiced in Oklahoma City. She was the last living person for whom a dormitory at the University of Oklahoma had been named. Dr Sanger was one of the first 16 persons chosen for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and had been president of the Women's State Medical auxiliary, several writer's clubs, and the state chapter of Women's Federated Clubs.
An active member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she had been worthy matron of chapter 10, and she sponsored and named Nova chapter in 1914. That same year she was treasurer of the Grand Chapter of Oklahoma, O.E.S. Dr Sanger had a long string of firsts to her credit. She was the first regular woman phsician at the University of Oklahoma, and first delegate from Oklahoma to the International Council of Women, of which she was a life member.
Before going to medical school, she taught in Oklahoma City's first high school from 1894-1897. She later said that being a doctor was not her idea at all, but her father and husband, both doctors, encouraged her to study. She was the aunt of Senator A S "Mike" Monroney. Other survivors include her son, Dr Fenton A Sanger, 921 NW 23.
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Full Name: Winona Leah "Winnie" (Monroney) Sanger
Parents: Dr Sylvester Monroney & Elizabeth Buckles
She was the youngest child of three and the only daughter of Sylvester Lewis Monroney and Elizabeth Buckles.
She married Dr. Fenten Mercer Sanger MD on 10 April 1897 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Together they had one child, Dr. Fenton Almer Sanger MD.
(Contributor: Bonnie Maskery #47464165)
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Suggested by Vanita White Hazelrigg 20 Jul 2023
Mother: Elizabeth Monroney (1844–1898)
Note: The Sanger Ancestral Seal in photo section belongs to her husband, not to her. She was a Sanger by marriage, not by birth.
Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Friday, February 8, 1957:
Dr Winnie M Sanger, 83, Oklahoma City's first woman doctor, died Thursday. Services are set for 4 pm Saturday at Guardian Funeral Home with interment at Rose Hill burial park. Dr Sanger was born Feb 2, 1874 at Carmi, Illinois, and came to Oklahoma City in 1894. She lived at Claremore and Yukon before settling at Oklahoma City in 1904.
She attended medical school from 1899 to 1904 at Washburn college (Topeka KS), a part of Kansas State college and received her M.D. in 1904. She passed Missouri and Oklahoma medical board examinations that year and practiced in Oklahoma City. She was the last living person for whom a dormitory at the University of Oklahoma had been named. Dr Sanger was one of the first 16 persons chosen for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and had been president of the Women's State Medical auxiliary, several writer's clubs, and the state chapter of Women's Federated Clubs.
An active member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she had been worthy matron of chapter 10, and she sponsored and named Nova chapter in 1914. That same year she was treasurer of the Grand Chapter of Oklahoma, O.E.S. Dr Sanger had a long string of firsts to her credit. She was the first regular woman phsician at the University of Oklahoma, and first delegate from Oklahoma to the International Council of Women, of which she was a life member.
Before going to medical school, she taught in Oklahoma City's first high school from 1894-1897. She later said that being a doctor was not her idea at all, but her father and husband, both doctors, encouraged her to study. She was the aunt of Senator A S "Mike" Monroney. Other survivors include her son, Dr Fenton A Sanger, 921 NW 23.
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Full Name: Winona Leah "Winnie" (Monroney) Sanger
Parents: Dr Sylvester Monroney & Elizabeth Buckles
She was the youngest child of three and the only daughter of Sylvester Lewis Monroney and Elizabeth Buckles.
She married Dr. Fenten Mercer Sanger MD on 10 April 1897 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Together they had one child, Dr. Fenton Almer Sanger MD.
(Contributor: Bonnie Maskery #47464165)
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Suggested by Vanita White Hazelrigg 20 Jul 2023
Mother: Elizabeth Monroney (1844–1898)
Inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1935
Note: The Sanger Ancestral Seal in photo section belongs to her husband, not to her. She was a Sanger by marriage, not by birth.
Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Friday, February 8, 1957:
Dr Winnie M Sanger, 83, Oklahoma City's first woman doctor, died Thursday. Services are set for 4 pm Saturday at Guardian Funeral Home with interment at Rose Hill burial park. Dr Sanger was born Feb 2, 1874 at Carmi, Illinois, and came to Oklahoma City in 1894. She lived at Claremore and Yukon before settling at Oklahoma City in 1904.
She attended medical school from 1899 to 1904 at Washburn college (Topeka KS), a part of Kansas State college and received her M.D. in 1904. She passed Missouri and Oklahoma medical board examinations that year and practiced in Oklahoma City. She was the last living person for whom a dormitory at the University of Oklahoma had been named. Dr Sanger was one of the first 16 persons chosen for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and had been president of the Women's State Medical auxiliary, several writer's clubs, and the state chapter of Women's Federated Clubs.
An active member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she had been worthy matron of chapter 10, and she sponsored and named Nova chapter in 1914. That same year she was treasurer of the Grand Chapter of Oklahoma, O.E.S. Dr Sanger had a long string of firsts to her credit. She was the first regular woman phsician at the University of Oklahoma, and first delegate from Oklahoma to the International Council of Women, of which she was a life member.
Before going to medical school, she taught in Oklahoma City's first high school from 1894-1897. She later said that being a doctor was not her idea at all, but her father and husband, both doctors, encouraged her to study. She was the aunt of Senator A S "Mike" Monroney. Other survivors include her son, Dr Fenton A Sanger, 921 NW 23.
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Full Name: Winona Leah "Winnie" (Monroney) Sanger
Parents: Dr Sylvester Monroney & Elizabeth Buckles
She was the youngest child of three and the only daughter of Sylvester Lewis Monroney and Elizabeth Buckles.
She married Dr. Fenten Mercer Sanger MD on 10 April 1897 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Together they had one child, Dr. Fenton Almer Sanger MD.
(Contributor: Bonnie Maskery #47464165)
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Suggested by Vanita White Hazelrigg 20 Jul 2023
Mother: Elizabeth Monroney (1844–1898)
Note: The Sanger Ancestral Seal in photo section belongs to her husband, not to her. She was a Sanger by marriage, not by birth.
Obituary, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Friday, February 8, 1957:
Dr Winnie M Sanger, 83, Oklahoma City's first woman doctor, died Thursday. Services are set for 4 pm Saturday at Guardian Funeral Home with interment at Rose Hill burial park. Dr Sanger was born Feb 2, 1874 at Carmi, Illinois, and came to Oklahoma City in 1894. She lived at Claremore and Yukon before settling at Oklahoma City in 1904.
She attended medical school from 1899 to 1904 at Washburn college (Topeka KS), a part of Kansas State college and received her M.D. in 1904. She passed Missouri and Oklahoma medical board examinations that year and practiced in Oklahoma City. She was the last living person for whom a dormitory at the University of Oklahoma had been named. Dr Sanger was one of the first 16 persons chosen for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and had been president of the Women's State Medical auxiliary, several writer's clubs, and the state chapter of Women's Federated Clubs.
An active member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she had been worthy matron of chapter 10, and she sponsored and named Nova chapter in 1914. That same year she was treasurer of the Grand Chapter of Oklahoma, O.E.S. Dr Sanger had a long string of firsts to her credit. She was the first regular woman phsician at the University of Oklahoma, and first delegate from Oklahoma to the International Council of Women, of which she was a life member.
Before going to medical school, she taught in Oklahoma City's first high school from 1894-1897. She later said that being a doctor was not her idea at all, but her father and husband, both doctors, encouraged her to study. She was the aunt of Senator A S "Mike" Monroney. Other survivors include her son, Dr Fenton A Sanger, 921 NW 23.
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Full Name: Winona Leah "Winnie" (Monroney) Sanger
Parents: Dr Sylvester Monroney & Elizabeth Buckles
She was the youngest child of three and the only daughter of Sylvester Lewis Monroney and Elizabeth Buckles.
She married Dr. Fenten Mercer Sanger MD on 10 April 1897 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Together they had one child, Dr. Fenton Almer Sanger MD.
(Contributor: Bonnie Maskery #47464165)
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Suggested by Vanita White Hazelrigg 20 Jul 2023
Mother: Elizabeth Monroney (1844–1898)
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