Alice Woodby McKane
(1865-1948)
American physician
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Alice Woodby McKane (1865– 6 March 1948) was the first woman to work as a doctor in Savannah, Georgia. She was not only known as a physician but also as a politician and an author. She and her husband Cornelius McKane contributed an important part in medical history. She opened the first school of nurse training for black people in Savannah. She also helped her husband to make his dream which was opening the Hospital in Liberia come true. After returning from Liberia, they established the MCKane Hospital for Women and Children and later was known as Charity Hospital to treat for all people in Savannah, especially for African American people.
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1865 Bridgewater, Pennsylvania
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6 March 1948 (aged 82)
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