"Marie Charlotte Schaefer, the first female faculty member of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the third of five daughters of John Henry and Wilhelma (Butz) Schaefer of San Antonio, was born on June 24, 1874. She graduated from San Antonio High School as salutatorian in 1893 and taught for a year in the San Antonio public schools. In 1895 she entered the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she received an M.D. degree in 1900. Dr. Schaefer served as a resident in pathology at John Sealy Hospital in 1900–01, then became UTMB's first female faculty member. She was demonstrator of histology (1901–03), lecturer and demonstrator of histology (1903–10), and associate professor of biology and histology (1910–25). In 1925 she became the first female professor at the Medical Branch, a position she held until her death. One of her outstanding contributions to medical literature was the publication in 1901 of the results of her microscopic analysis revealing the presence of American hookworm in a Galveston patient. "Anchylostoma Duodenale in Texas" was published in Medical News."
--Patricia L. Jakobi, "Schaefer, Marie Charlotte," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed November 07, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/schaefer-marie-charlotte. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Charlotte_Schaefer
--Patricia L. Jakobi, "Schaefer, Marie Charlotte," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed November 07, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/schaefer-marie-charlotte. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Charlotte_Schaefer
"Marie Charlotte Schaefer, the first female faculty member of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the third of five daughters of John Henry and Wilhelma (Butz) Schaefer of San Antonio, was born on June 24, 1874. She graduated from San Antonio High School as salutatorian in 1893 and taught for a year in the San Antonio public schools. In 1895 she entered the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she received an M.D. degree in 1900. Dr. Schaefer served as a resident in pathology at John Sealy Hospital in 1900–01, then became UTMB's first female faculty member. She was demonstrator of histology (1901–03), lecturer and demonstrator of histology (1903–10), and associate professor of biology and histology (1910–25). In 1925 she became the first female professor at the Medical Branch, a position she held until her death. One of her outstanding contributions to medical literature was the publication in 1901 of the results of her microscopic analysis revealing the presence of American hookworm in a Galveston patient. "Anchylostoma Duodenale in Texas" was published in Medical News."
--Patricia L. Jakobi, "Schaefer, Marie Charlotte," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed November 07, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/schaefer-marie-charlotte. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Charlotte_Schaefer
--Patricia L. Jakobi, "Schaefer, Marie Charlotte," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed November 07, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/schaefer-marie-charlotte. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Charlotte_Schaefer
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