Caroline M. McGill
| Dr. Caroline McConnell McGill | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Caroline McConnell McGill Birth Year: 1879 Birthplace: Ohio |
| Died | 1959 320 Ranch, Gallatin Canyon, Montana |
| Other names | Doc McGill |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Lebanon Normal School, Teaching Certificate (1901), University of Missouri, B.A. (1904) M.A. (1905) Ph.D (1908), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine M.D. (1914) |
| Occupation | Doctor of Internal Medicine |
| Known for | Founder of the Museum of the Rockies, First Pathologist in Montana, First Female Doctor Butte, Montana |
Dr. Caroline M. McGill (1879–1959) was a co-founder of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, the first pathologist for state of Montana and the first successful female doctor in Butte, Montana.
Caroline M. McGill was born on a farm in Ohio and was one of five children. Her father was a farmer and music teacher and her mother was a midwife. Although later living on a hardscrabble farm on the Missouri Ozards, Caroline's parents where strong supporters of higher education for all their children—cite motherload—and Caroline received her Teaching Certificate from Lebanon Normal School in 1901. She used this certificate and teaching knowledge to support herself as an instructor at University of Missouri Medical School teaching pathology 1901 through 1909 while working on her Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D. degrees.
In 1909, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Ph.D in Anatomy and Physiology.
In 1909, Caroline was honored as the first recipient of the Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship, an endowment that paid for a one-year study in Europe, with the opportunity to meet and study with authoritative persons in her field of Zoology science and endowment that paid for a one-year study in Europe and the opportunity to meet and study with authoritative persons in her field of Zoology science. Caroline studied at University of Berlin in Germany, University of Tübingen in Germany, and Naples Zoological Station in Italy.
While traveling in Europe on the Sarah Berliner Fellowship, she was asked to come to Montana to become that state's first pathologist and after returning from her studies in Europe, Caroline moved to Butte, Montana to become the state's first pathologist (1911–13) and worked extensively as an advocate for tuberculosis patient and community health initiatives.
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