Barry County Museum
Treasuring the Past - Embracing the Present - Envisioning the Future
Exhibits'59 Firetruck Albert Stubblefield's Desk All American Redheads and Cassville Blues Black Schoolhouse Cardinals and Royals Baseball Charles Willis' Desk Country Store Seed Counter Creamery Quilt Dental Display Dr. Mary's Display Historical and Genealogy Society Display Log Cabin Loom Military Hallway Reverend Brattin's Quilt Scout Display Surveyor's Chain |
Dr. Mary's Display Dr. Mary was born March 1, 1914 in Exeter, Missouri. She went to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock where she was one of only 2 girls out of a class of 61. She opened her first practice in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Much of her business there was home delivery of babies. Ten dollars was the charge for a home delivery. In 1939 she moved to Cassville where she worked, still delivering babies primarily. She died on November 3, 2002 at the age of 88.
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