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A
New
Englanders
dr.
Emma
Farrar
and
dr.
Ellis
berry
for
Pittsburgh's.
First
female
physicians.
They
had
become
close
companions
since
their
youth,
during
which
time
Ella
became
fascinated
with
becoming
a
doctor.
She
was
determined
to
attend
the
Women's
Medical
College
in
Philadelphia,
one
of
the
very
few
medical
schools
accepting
female
students
at
the
time
inspired,
Emma
Farrar
traveled
with
Ella
and
joined
her
in
study.
The
woman,
then
traveled
on
to
Paris
were
both
enrolled
at
the
city's
Maternity
Hospital.
A
Although
she
wasn't
passionate
about
the
medical
field,
dr.
Ferrara
was
deeply
devoted
to
dr.
Sperry,
who
returned
her
devotion
and
they
remained
by
each
other's
side.
From
Philadelphia
than
on
to
Paris
fleeing
an
epidemic
that
hit
Paris.
The
women
decided
to
set
up
their
offices
in
Pittsburgh.
They
arrived
in
1873
and
began
their
practice
on
Ross
Street
downtown.
A
They
established
a
standard
of
strong
female
leadership
by
hiring
and
mentoring.
Women
who
were
also
pioneers
in
the
city's
medical
field.
Farrar
and
Sperry
were
highly
regarded
by
some
of
their
male
contemporaries.
However,
most
of
their
male
peers
and
the
general
public
remained
skeptical
and
rejected
their
services.
A
Female
physicians
of
the
era
refused
to
be
referred
to
as
lady
doctors,
preferring
to
establish
in
the
public's
mind
that
they
were
equal
to
their
male
counterparts.
Nevertheless,
widespread
prejudice
hindered
them
professionally.
For
some
time,
not
only
did
Farrar
and
Sperry
have
difficulty
finding
off
the
space
and
attracting
patients
to
top
it
all
off.
Only
one
pharmacist
in
town
would
fill
their
prescriptions
accurately.
A
Embarking
on
their
chosen
profession
was
neither
easy
nor
profitable,
causing
doctors,
Farrar
and
Sperry
to
low
frugally
and
simply
during
the
early
years
of
their
practice,
gradually.
The
sexism
that
kept
the
public
from
consulting
with
female
physicians
gave
way
as
word
of
their
competence
and
compassion
began
to
win
over
patients,
especially
those
of
their
own
gender.
A
This
alleviated
Pittsburghers
bias
allowing
for
a
steady
increase
in
the
number
of
women
practicing
in
Pittsburgh
just
seven
years
after
women
had
established
their
practice
and
as
you'd
begun
to
grow
modestly
profitable
as
Lewis
berry
was
diagnosed
with
cancer.
Dr.
Farrar
responded
by
closing
their
office
and
devoting
herself
to
providing
full-time
care
for
her
lifelong
companion.
After
Adler's
death,
dr.
Farrar
resumed
seeing
patients
at
her
office
on
6th
Street,
but
she
soon
lost
what
little
interest
in
medicine
she
had.
Her
involvement
had
always
depended
on
dr.
A
Sperrys,
enthusiasm
and
passion,
as
Emma
aged
she
limited
her
practice.
Only
treating
patients
who
actively
sought
her
medical
services
in
1897.
She
gave
up
her
medical
practice
and
moved
back
to
New
England
to
care
for
her
sister
who
fell
victim
to
an
unidentified
debilitating
illness.
Upon
her
return
to
Pittsburgh,
she
took
up
residence
at
the
hotel
Schlosser
that
year,
Press
reporter
Janette
Barbour
visited
and
interviewed
dr.
Farrar
and
her
sparsely
furnished
rooms.
A
Barbara's
eyes
fell
upon
the
rooms,
only
adornment,
a
small
oval
frame,
holding
a
portrait
of
a
young
Atlas
berry
when
asked
for
our
explains
that
it
had
been
painted
long
ago
during
their
years
in
Paris,
neither
woman
ever
married
instead
choosing
only
each
other's
company
until
her
own
death
in
1922.
Dr.
Farrar
contained
with
the
mission
that
she
and
dr.
Sperry
had
undertaken
decades
ago.
Caring
for
the
health
of
women
in
Pittsburgh
and
beyond.