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Caroline McConnell McGill (1879-1957) intro -- some text that will be cited from "motherload" book with citation

some more text using same "motherlode" citation ... and also woods book and pierce's article.

Early Life, Education & Interests
Caroline "Carrie" McGill was born ... parents ... siblings ... final family move to Missouri ... farm life ... farm chores and an outdoors life ... early education ... transition to teacher.

Caroline's parents where strong supporters of higher education for all their children and she started early working to pay her way through school (teach in 1-room school house and chopped wood to support herself while studying for her teaching certificate) --cite motherload-- In 1901, at 22 years of age, Caroline received her Teaching Certificate from Lebanon Normal School, --cite pierce-- adn in that same year, Caroline started her studies in Zoology at the University of Missouri.

Dr. Caroline M. McGill
intro of transition from student to researcher to medical doctor

University Education & Teaching
Caroline McGill attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri from 1901 through 1908. Caroline supported herself during her first year at school by selling her homemade divinity candy from her mother's recipe, chopping wood, and doing housekeeping chores for faculty. From 1902-1905, Caroline paid for her education expenses and supported herself with teaching assistantships in zoology. She recieved her Bachelor of Arts in Zoology in 1904 and a Master of Arts in Zoology in 1905.

From 1906 through 1908, while working on her Ph.D. in Anatomy and Physiology, she again taught at the univeristy level becoming the first female instructor of anatomy at the University of Missouri. In 1908, Caroline graduated Phi Beta Kappi and became the University of Missouri's first female Ph.D. graduate. Shortly after graduation, she was awarded the Sarah Berliner Fellowship.

The Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship award in 1909 provided the funds for Caroline to further her research studies in marine biology. She decided to do research at: the Woods Hole Zoological Laboratory in Massachusetts, the Anatomical University of Turbingen in Germany, and the Stazione Zoologica (Zoological Station) in Naples, Italy. ... cite pierce article and woods book

eventual european research trip (1909-10) add summer studies at Univerity of Chicago ... maybe in motherload, woods or pierce

Publications

 * The Effect of Low Temperatures on Hydra by McGill, Caroline. Biological Bulletin, ISSN 0006-3185, 01/1908, Volume 14, Issue 2, pp. 78 - 88
 * The structure of smooth muscle in the resting and in the contracted condition by McGill, Caroline. American Journal of Anatomy, ISSN 0002-9106, 1909, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 493 - 562
 * The early histogenesis of striated muscle in the sophagus of the pig and the dogfish by McGill, Caroline. The Anatomical Record, ISSN 0003-276X, 01/1910, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 23 - 47
 * The effect of contraction on the volume of the smooth muscle nucleus by McGill, Caroline. The Anatomical Record, ISSN 0003-276X, 12/1909, Volume 3, Issue 12, pp. 633 - 635
 * The chromosomes of anasa tristis and anax junius by Lefevre, George and McGill, Caroline. American Journal of Anatomy, ISSN 0002-9106, 02/1908, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. 469 - 487
 * Blood Urea Determinations in 211 Cases by Schwartz, Harold and McGill, Caroline. Archives of Internal Medicine, EISSN 1538-3679, 01/1916, Volume XVII, Issue 1, p. 42
 * Abstracts	 by Corson, Eugene R; McGill, Caroline; Kirk, Edwin G; Coghill, G. E; Pohlman, A. G; Retzer, Robert. The Anatomical Record, ISSN 0003-276X, 07/1908, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 143 - 156
 * Students Drawing in Topographic Anatomy, University of Missouri, Clarence Martin Jackson, Caroline McGill, 1908.

First Pathologist (1911-13) in Montana
while traveling and doing research work in Europe, recieved invitation to work as pathologist in Butte, Montana.

decision to accept invite and go to butte

set up pathology lab

tuberculosis patient & community health advocate

In 1913, one year | before women were granted the right to vote in Montana, ... decision to go to medical school and get M.D.

Dr. McGill, M.D. Internal Medicine (1916-1956)
In 1916, the same year Montana citizens |citizens voted to send the first female representative to Congress, Caroline recieved her ... dr advanced degree - john hopkins medical

return to Butte and set up practice and eventual purchase of Murry building

Nursing Education Advocate
Caroline was a strong supporter of education, and throughout her medical career, Caroline continued to encourage and teach others who wanted to pursue careers in Nursing. She started a nursing program at Murray Hospital ... --cite motherload--

story of Sherrick --and link to msu nursing school-- --cite chaney--

Wildlife Conservation Advocate
On going life in butte, building upon her childhood outdoors life of hunting and fishing ... time spent exploring and traveling around montana ... eventual purchase of 320 ranch in 1936

public lands advocate ... usfs

Retirement Years & Legacy


founder MOR ... montana state history and education

public education advocate ... monies left to gallatin canyon womens club for community ... new ophir school building

college of mining in butte - rare books collection mt history

wildlife lands advocate ... usfs gift