Frances Hoggan facts for kids
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Frances Hoggan
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Frances Morgan
20 December 1843 Brecon, Wales
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| Died | 5 February 1927 (aged 83) Brighton, Sussex, England
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| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Physician |
Frances Elizabeth Hoggan (born Frances Morgan; 20 December 1843 – 5 February 1927) was a Welsh doctor. She was the first British woman to earn a medical degree from any university in Europe. Frances was also a pioneering doctor, a researcher, and a social reformer. She was the first woman doctor to be officially registered in Wales. With her husband, she opened the first medical office in Britain run by a husband and wife.
Early Life and Education
Frances Hoggan was born in Brecon, Wales. Her father, Richard Morgan, was a church leader there. She grew up and went to school in Cowbridge and later in Windsor. As a teenager, she also studied in Paris and Düsseldorf.
In 1867, women were not allowed to take medical exams in Britain. So, Frances went to the University of Zurich in Switzerland to study medicine. Nadezhda Suslova, Russia's first woman doctor, had also studied there. Frances finished her medical course in just three years instead of the usual five. In March 1870, she became only the second woman to earn a medical degree (MD) from Zurich University. This made her the first British woman to get a European medical degree. After Zurich, she continued her studies in Vienna, learning about surgery.
Career
After graduating, Frances continued her medical studies in cities like Vienna, Prague, and Paris. She then returned to Britain. For several years, she worked as a doctor with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson at the New Hospital for Women in London. In 1871, she also helped start the National Health Society with Elizabeth Blackwell. This group aimed to "promote health amongst all classes of the population."
In 1874, she married Dr. George Hoggan. She received her license to practice medicine in the UK in February 1877. This license came from The King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians of Ireland.
Together with her husband, Frances opened the first general medical practice in the UK run by a husband and wife. They both wrote many medical research papers over the next ten years. Some of these papers they wrote together.
In 1882, Frances asked for a medical service for women patients in India that would be paid for by the public. This idea helped lead to the Dufferin Fund. In the same year, she became the medical leader at the North London Collegiate School. This was one of the first strong academic high schools for girls. She worked there for six years.
In 1884, she wrote a paper called 'The Position of the Mother of the Family'. In this paper, she used new ideas about how babies are made to argue that mothers should have more rights over their children.
Frances and her husband George were against animal testing and against forced vaccination. In an article for the Vaccination Inquirer in September 1883, they both spoke out against forced vaccination. Frances' husband George became ill in 1885. The couple then moved to the south of France. George died in 1891 from a brain tumor.
After her husband's death, Hoggan became a campaigner and social reformer. She traveled around the United States giving lectures. She was very interested in issues about different races. She spoke at the Universal Race Congress in London in 1911.
Death and Legacy
Frances Hoggan died in 1927. Her ashes, along with her husband's, are buried in Woking cemetery.
The Learned Society of Wales gives out the Frances Hoggan Medal. This award honors amazing women connected with Wales. It is given to women in science, medicine, engineering, technology, or mathematics.
Selected Works
- Education for Girls in Wales (1882)
- American Negro Women During Their First Fifty Years of Freedom (1913)
See also
In Spanish: Frances Hoggan para niños
