Nan Gilbert Seymour
Nan Gilbert Seymour | |
|---|---|
 Seymour, from the 1897 yearbook of Cornell University | |
| Born | August 4, 1875 Peekskill, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 1940 (aged 64) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Physician, hospital administrator |
Nan Gilbert Seymour (August 4, 1875 – May 27, 1940)[1] was an American physician and hospital administrator. She was medical director of the Salvation Army's William Booth Memorial Hospital from its founding. She also co-founded a cardiac care home in Connecticut.
Early life and education
Seymour was born in Peekskill, New York, the daughter of Frederick Seymour and Cornelia S. Clarke Seymour. Her father was a musician.[2] She graduated from Cornell University in 1897,[3] and earned her medical degree there in 1902.[4][5] At Cornell, she co-founded the Women's Boating Club with Emily Barringer, who also became a physician.[6] Seymour and Anna Irene Von Sholly were both among the honor roll graduates in their 1902 medical school class, which also included Stella Stevens Bradford.[7]
Career
Seymour served her residency at Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia from 1902 to 1903.[8] In 1903 she and John H. Huddleston established New York City's first tuberculosis clinic at Gouverneur Hospital.[9][10] She also founded a cardiac clinic at Gouverneur Hospital, and chaired its social services program. Beginning in 1905 she was attending physician at the Salvation Army Rescue and Maternity Home, which became the William Booth Memorial Hospital and the Margaret Strachen Home.[9]
In 1914 Seymour testified in the Catherine O'Rourke case, having examined O'Rourke.[5][11][12] In 1916, with Lewis A. Conner, she opened a convalescent care home for cardiac patients in Sharon, Connecticut.[13] During World War I she helped establish a Red Cross program for the families of disabled soldiers and sailors.[9] In the 1920s, she served on a planning committee for the Gotham Hospital with Connie Guion and Florence Rena Sabin.[14] In 1936, she and four colleagues objected to the construction of a playground at Stuyvesant Square, saying it would disturb patient care and recovery at nearby Booth Memorial Hospital.[15]
In 1924 Seymour was elected a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. She was also a fellow of the American Medical Association.[1]
Personal life
Seymour was described as "a woman of the vigorous masculine type, dresses in a masculine style and wears her hair closely cropped, man-fashion."[10] She died in 1940, at the age of 64, in New York City.[9] She left an inheritance to her niece, Katherine O'Donnell.[16]
References
- 1 2 "Nan Gilbert Seymour". Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 16 (10): 655. October 1940.
- ↑ "Mrs. Frederick Seymour". The New York Times. 1937-02-18. p. 21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "The Annual Commencement". Democrat and Chronicle. 1897-06-18. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-04-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Leonard, John William; Leonard, John W.; American Commonwealth Company (1914). Woman's who's who of America: a biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. New York: American Commonwealth Co. p. 732.
- 1 2 Appeals, New York (State) Court of (1917). New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs. pp. 251–257.
- ↑ Conable, Charlotte Williams (1977). Women at Cornell: The Myth of Equal Education. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-9167-2.
- ↑ "Women Graduated as Physicians; Nine in the Class of the Cornell Medical College". The New York Times. 1902-06-05. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; Leonard, John William; Mohr, William Frederick; Knox, Herman Warren; Holmes, Frank R. (1909). Who's who in New York City and State. L.R. Hamersly Company. p. 1170.
- 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Nan Seymour, Medical Director; Had Headed the William Booth Memorial Hospital Since Its Founding". The New York Times. 1940-05-28. p. 31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 "Urges Support in Plague War; Dr. Nan Gilbert Seymour Makes Plea at Watertown". The Post-Standard. 1910-05-21. p. 13. Retrieved 2026-04-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Shocking allegation against Irish girl in New York". Century Ireland (RTÉ). February 28, 1914. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "British Lawyers in O'Rourke Damage Suit". The Brooklyn Daily Times. 1914-02-19. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-04-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fisher, Jeffrey (2000-08-29). "Lewis A. Conner: Cornell's Osler". Circulation. 102 (9): 1062–1067. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.102.9.1062. ISSN 0009-7322.
- ↑ "Gotham Plans in Advance". The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review. 82 (2): 344. March 1929.
- ↑ "5 Doctors in Court Oppose Play Sites; Testify That Stuyvesant Square Project Would Work Injury to Hospital Patients". The New York Times. May 27, 1936. p. 8. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Will Make Bequest to Kentucky Woman". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1940-06-06. p. 21. Retrieved 2026-04-23 – via Newspapers.com.