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Bonnet, Edith Marguerite,Student Papers, Diary and Oral History, (1916-1975)BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Return to the Table of Contents SCOPE AND CONTENTThe Dr. Edith M. Bonnet Student Papers, Diary and Oral History, (1916-1975), contain material relating to Dr. Bonnet's student days at the University of Texas and the Medical Branch and her later career as a physician. Included in the collection is a diary kept by Dr. Bonnet from 1918 to 1969. While she did not make entries for each day, the diary contains information on Dr. Bonnet's career, family and social activities. Dr. Bonnet and four other female graduates were the first women to intern at John Sealy Hospital. Their applications for internship were refused because they were women but upon appeal to the University of Texas Board of Regents they were admitted to internship at John Sealy Hospital. Entries in her diary and newspaper clippings in the collection discuss this episode. A letter in the collection reveals that Dr. Bonnet also applied for internship at Harvard Medical School Children's Hospital but was turned down because of her sex. An oral history interview is also available in the oral history collection. In this interview Dr. Bonnet discusses her life, career and the problems that arise form being a woman in a male-dominated profession. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsNone Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationThe papers of Dr. Edith Marguerite Bonnet (1897-1982), physician, were given to the Archives and Manuscripts Department of the Moody Medical Library of the University by Dr. Edith M. Bonnet on September 22, 1977. The collection occupies 5 inches of shelf space and is contained in one manuscript box. An oral history typescript is shelved seperately. See last section of finding aid. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description
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