Representative women of New England/Sarah S. Windsor

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2347494Representative women of New England — Sarah S. WindsorMary H. Graves

SARAH SWEET WINDSOR, M.D., is a native of Rhode Island, being the daughter of Benjamin Angell and Sarah (Sweet) Windsor, of Smithfield, that State. On the paternal side she is descended from Joshua Windsor, who came to this country from England at an early date, and was one of the thirteen signers of the civil compact adopted at the town meeting held in Providence, August 20, 1637, the year after the settlement was begun; and she is also descended from Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, through his daughter Mercy, who in 1677, as the widow of Resolved Waterman, became the wife of Samuel2 Winsor, Joshua Winsor's only son.

Dr. Windsor obtained her early education in the public schools of Providence. In 1885 she received her medical degree from the Boston University, graduating as speaker of her class. She spent one year as house physician at the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital, and in 1886 went abroad for study and hospital work in Vienna. Returning to Boston in 1887,. she began practice, being soon after appointed assistant in obstetrics at the Boston University School of Medicine. In 1889 she entered the College of Liberal Arts, and four years later received her degree of A.B.

Dr. Windsor was the first woman president of the Boston Homœopathic Medical Society, attaining that distinction in 1899. In 1902 came another recognition of her ability: she was then appointed as one of the staff at the Massachusetts Homœopathic Hospital, being the first woman to receive such an appointment for a full term of service. She is one of the directors and a member of the College Club of Boston. At present she is obstetrician to the maternity department of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Hospital and associate professor of obstetrics at the Boston University Medical School.