I'll be posting segments of that article here throughout the month of May.
To provide some context for Pohl's article I'm sharing the list of women physicians from the 1912 Portland City Directory. Of the 449 physicians listed 34, some 8 percent, were women.
Bixby (Griff)
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Alys A
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Mrs
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6 Lafayette Bldg
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Breuer
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Berthe
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761 Broadway
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Brown
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Flora A
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Mrs
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517 Dekum Bldg
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Cardwell
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Mae H
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601 Dekum Bldg
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Coe
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V M
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Mrs
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606 Marquam Bldg
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Darr
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Clara
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412 Swetland Bldg
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Dearborn
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E K
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Mrs
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800 Union Ave N
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Ellis
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L A
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Mrs
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230 ½ Russell
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Equi
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Marie D
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326 Medical Bldg
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Erickson
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Nellie
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Mrs
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845 Thompson
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French
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C Gertrude
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525 Medical Bldg
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Graves
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Luzana E
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E 13 Holbrook Block St. Johns
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Gray
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Kittie P
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417 Medical Bldg
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Hampton
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L Victoria
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475 W Park
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Johnson
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E D
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315 Mohawk Bldg
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Johnson
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L A
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Mrs
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427 Mohawk Bldg
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Kramer
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Mary
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Mrs
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861 Mississippi Bldg
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Little
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Eugenia G
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583 Spokane Ave
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McGavin
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Jessie M
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511 Medical Bldg
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MacLachlan
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Mary
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525 Medical Bldg
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Madigan
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Mary V
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503 Oregonian Bldg
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Manion
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F S
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Mrs
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517 Medical Bldg
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Manion
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K C
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Mrs
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917 Corbett Bldg
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Marquam
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L M
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Mrs
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788 E Yamhill
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Norton
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Selina
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10 E 15th
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Patton
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Elsie D
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300 Marquam Bldg
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Pohl
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E C
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Mrs
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216 Failing Bldg
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Quigley
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Margaret N
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412 Swetland Bldg
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Schnauffer
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E H
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Mrs
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424 Williams Ave
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Spurrier
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Ravena T
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645 E 21st
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Stratton
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Margaret
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211 23rd N
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Talbott
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C E C
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Mrs
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1384 Rodney Ave
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Van Alstine
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E E
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Mrs
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512 Marquam Bldg
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Warren
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A L F
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Mrs
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301 Dekum Bldg
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Welty
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Emma J
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321 Montgomery
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Whiteside
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Sarah
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216 Failing Bldg
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Wood
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Nina E
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18 Selling-Hirsch
Bldg
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Ziegler
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Amelia
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520 Medical Bldg
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