Background
Harper, Mary Mckibbin was born in 1873 in Frankford Springs, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Margaret McKibbin.
Harper, Mary Mckibbin was born in 1873 in Frankford Springs, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Margaret McKibbin.
Graduated from State Teachers’ College, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Laboratory work, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1895. Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1899.
Graduate study, clinics of London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna.
Student Newnham College, Cambridge, England, 1925. Also extension study in literature, University of Chicago.
1 adopted son, Samuel (deceased). Began as teacher in rural schools, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, later in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, public schools. Physician for women and children, McKeesport, 1899-1903, Chicago, Maywood, River Forest, Illinois, 1903-1925.
Medical correspondent on around the world trip, 1925-1926.
Inspection American Women's Hospitals, Greece and Turkey, 1929. Editor and manager Women in Medicine (journal of American Medical Women's Association), 1926-1938.
Company-editor Medical Review of Reviews, 1928-1934. Lecturer on health to schools, clubs, factory girls, et cetera, beginning 1899.
Health officer, Maywood, Illinois, 1912-1915.
One of five founders Oak Park (Illinois) Art League. Established Braille service for needy blind, Chicago, 1927. Founded Tiny Tim Bed for Dickens.
Member National Committee for Better English, 1920. Member American Medical; member Oak Park and River Forest Physicians’ Club. Member Alpha Epsilon Iota.
Married Samuel Harper, 1903.