Esther Pohl was one of many women doctors in Portland active in the suffrage cause. Much of her suffrage rhetoric and organizing involved using the vote to achieve public health; her experiences in medical school, being denied an internship, and her struggle to gain a place in the male medical establishment all contributed to her support for votes for women.
The Portland City Directory for 1912 lists 449 physicians, 38 (eight percent) were women. Many were suffrage activists. Here's the list:
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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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