Cushman, Mary Floyd, 1870-1965
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found: Cushman, Mary Floyd. Missionary doctor, 1944:title page, dust jacket (by Mary Floyd Cushman, M.D.; graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1892; appointed assistant physician at the Westborough State Hospital; then went to Maine and established a practice as a physician and surgeon; at the age of 53 went to Angola, West Africa, as a missionary)
found: Trinitarian Congregational Parish of Castine website, Dr. Mary Cushman Circle, viewed February 21, 2018(Mary Floyd Cushman, M.D. 1870-1965; resident of Castine from 1885 until 1901; she graduated from the Eastern State Maine Normal School at Castine, with honors in 1888; from 1893 until 1922, Dr. Cushman was engaged in hospital and private practice in Massachusetts and Maine; while in general practice in Farmington, Maine, she was first woman appointed to the State Medical Board; in 1922 accepted an appointment as a medical missionary from the predecessor of the United Board for World Ministries, her mission was to establish a hospital in Chilesso, Angola, West Africa, which she accomplished; died in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1965 at age 95)
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2018-02-22: new
2018-04-06: revised
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