Katharine berry richardson biography jacksonville fl
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960: Katharine Berry Richardson
Created a Children’s Hospital in Kansas City
Born: c.1858, Kentucky, United States of America
Died: 3 June 1933, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Katharine was sent to school by her older sister Alice.
Once Katharine had her degrees, she worked so Alice could go to school.
Katharine held degrees in general medicine and philosophy; earning her medical degree in 1887.
The sisters started a practice in Kansas City, Missouri on their own because no hospitals at the time would employ female doctors.
At first, they had one bed in which to treat children, but quickly needed more space. They soon bought the hospital in which their single bed resided and renamed it "Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled, Deformed, and Ruptured Children.” The long-winded name didn’t last long, and in 1904 they renamed the place Children’s Mercy Hospital.
The hospital grew from five beds to twenty-seven within two years.
The hospital was based on t