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Josephine White deLacour

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Josephine White deLacour
Born
Josephine Margaret Rebecca White

(1849-10-04)October 4, 1849
DiedMarch 16, 1929(1929-03-16) (aged 79)
Resting placeOld Swedes Cemetery, Wilmington
Alma mater
Spouse
Edward deLacour
(m. 1900; died 1928)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine

Josephine M. R. White deLacour (October 4, 1849 – March 16, 1929) was an American physician and suffragist and one of the first woman physicians in Delaware.

Early life

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Josephine Margaret Rebecca White was born on October 4, 1849, to Mary (née Beyer) and Alexander White at Beyerbrook Farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] Her family moved to Wilmington, Delaware in the 1850s.[1] She graduated from Wesleyan Female College in Wilmington in 1875 and received her medical degree from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1878.[2][3]

Career

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She began her practice in Wilmington, Delaware in 1879 and in 1880 became the first woman elected a member of the Delaware Medical Society.[4] She was also active in the women's suffrage movement, serving as president of the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Association from 1914 to 1916.[1][5] She was one of the founders of the Physicians' and Surgeons' Hospital (later Wilmington General Hospital).[3]

In June 1895, she ran for Wilmington's Board of Education, but was defeated.[1]

Josephine White deLacour practiced medicine in Wilmington for 50 years, until her death.[6]

Personal life

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In 1900, she married Edward deLacour (1855–1928), a judge of the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore.[1][2] They lived at 706 West Street in Wilmington, Delaware, where she also had her office.

Death

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She died on March 16, 1929, from angina at her home in Wilmington.[7] She is buried at the Old Swedes Cemetery in Wilmington.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Cooper, Constance J. "Biographical Sketch of Josephine M. R. White De Lacour". documents.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Barrett, Helen (March 14, 1928). "Dr. White deLacour Has Golden Jubilee". Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. p. 8.
  3. ^ a b c "Death Ends Career of Dr. deLacour; Burial Wednesday (cont.)". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE. March 18, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State Medical Society". Daily Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. June 9, 1880. p. 1.
  5. ^ Blackwell, Alice Stone (July 19, 1919). "Delaware's Victory Luncheon". The Woman Citizen. Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission. p. 171.
  6. ^ "Woman Physician Is Heart Victim". Wilmington Morning News. March 18, 1929. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Death Ends Career of Dr. deLacour; Burial Wednesday". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE. March 18, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.