Ida Josephine "Joe" Brooks (April 28, 1853 – March 13, 1939) was an educator, physician and surgeon. She was among Arkansas's earliest women physicians and the first female faculty member at the University of Arkansas Medical School. [1]
Ida Josephine Brooks was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on April 28, 1853. She was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Brooks, a Methodist minister, and Elizabeth Goodenough. Her father was the governor candidate for Arkansas in 1872, against Elisha Baxter, who in the end was the winner. When she was very young, her parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and she there entered the public schools, beginning in the primary department of the Clay school, when Dr. William Torrey Harris began his career as a teacher. She graduated from Central High School in St. Louis in 1870. Her father moved to the South after Civil War, and Brooks went to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1870. [2] [1]
In 1877 she obtained an AB degree from Little Rock University, a private college. She taught in Little Rock public schools while continuing her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, obtaining her master's degree. [1]
In 1872, in conversation with a friend, Brooks warmly argued that women should earn their own money, and he made a wager that she would not do it herself. As a joke, he found her a school in Fouche Bottom, where the gnats were so thick that a smudge had to be kept continually burning. She accepted the position and taught there faithfully and well. [2]
In 1873 Brooks, with a liking for the work, began to teach at the Primary Department of the First Ward School, Little Rock. The following year she was made principal of the grammar school, and in 1876 she was made principal of the Little Rock High School. In 1877 she was elected president of the State Teachers' Association. She was also president of the Homeopathic Medical Examining Board. [2] [1]
In 1882 Brooks joined the faculty at Little Rock University. Having become a Master of Arts, she was placed in charge of the mathematical department, where she taught until 1888 when she entered the Boston University School of Medicine, a course which had for years been her desire. She was graduated there with high honors in 1891, and afterwards took a post-graduate course on nervous diseases in the Westborough Insane Hospital. She spent one year as house officer in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, being assigned half the time on the surgical and half the time on the medical work. Returning to Little Rock in 1903, she established a private practice of pediatrics. [2] [1]
Dr. Brooks was an earnest woman suffragist and a thorough temperance advocate. [2]
In 1914 Brooks joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the first female faculty member. She was a lecturer on social hygiene in the psychiatry department and later became associate professor of psychiatry. [1]
She was nominated to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1920, but at the time women couldn't compete and her name was taken off the ballot. [1]
She was member of the Altrusa Club and the Woman's City Club of Little Rock. [1]
Brooks tried to enlist in the military service during World War I, but was rejected because she was a woman. She obtained a commission in the United States Public Health Service and served at Camp Pike. [1]
She died on March 13, 1939, and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. [1]
Sources:
"Ida Josephine Brooks (1853–1939)". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820–1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 124. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Above contributed by Elisa Rolle
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Ida Josephine Brooks was a Little Rock, Arkansas teacher and school administrator
* She was one of the state's first female physicians
* Brook's was the first woman faculty member at the University of Arkansas Medical School (now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
* She was a powerful advocate for women's rights.
****************
Ida Jo Brooks was the DAUGHTER of
FATHER - Joseph Brooks (Methodist minister)
MOTHER - Elizabeth (Goodenough) Brooks
She had 5 siblings
****************
Brooks's father was an 1872 candidate for Arkansas governor against Elisha Baxter. Both candidates claimed victory, which developed into the 'Brooks-Baxter War', (Brooks was the loser).
****************
After teaching for several years in the Little Rock public schools, she continued her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Mo, where she received her master's degree.
Brooks began her Arkansas career in education in 1873 as a teacher at the Primary Department of the First Ward School. She later became principal of the Intermediate Department at the same school. Brooks served U of A as a faculty member, where she taught mathematics from 1882-88 at the Little Rock campus.
As an Arkansas educator for 15 years, Brooks began the study of medicine at the Boston University School of
Medicine. She achieved many goals and continued her advanced education, eventually returning to Arkansas.
Brooks spent many years advocating women's rights. She pushed for Arkansas to allow women to become physicians.
Brooks tried to enlist in the military but was rejected being a female. She did however, serve at Camp Pike as
a psychiatry consultant.
The Little Rock School Board of Directors (1913-17)established a school for 'mentally deficient' children in the basement of Kramer School at her urging.
The Republican Convention of Arkansas nominated (1920) Brooks for: Superintendent of Public Instruction
It was ruled a woman could not hold public office in Arkansas. Her name therefore, was removed from the ballot.
Brooks was a leader in the community:
* Homeopathic Medical Examining Board President (1877)
* Arkansas State Teachers Association President - (1877)
* Altrusa Club
* Woman's City Club
*********************
Brooks died from the shock and strain of a fractured hip, complicated by a weakened heart.
This biography is humbly presented by Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
*********************
Ida Josephine Brooks was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on April 28, 1853. She was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Brooks, a Methodist minister, and Elizabeth Goodenough. Her father was the governor candidate for Arkansas in 1872, against Elisha Baxter, who in the end was the winner. When she was very young, her parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and she there entered the public schools, beginning in the primary department of the Clay school, when Dr. William Torrey Harris began his career as a teacher. She graduated from Central High School in St. Louis in 1870. Her father moved to the South after Civil War, and Brooks went to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1870. [2] [1]
In 1877 she obtained an AB degree from Little Rock University, a private college. She taught in Little Rock public schools while continuing her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, obtaining her master's degree. [1]
In 1872, in conversation with a friend, Brooks warmly argued that women should earn their own money, and he made a wager that she would not do it herself. As a joke, he found her a school in Fouche Bottom, where the gnats were so thick that a smudge had to be kept continually burning. She accepted the position and taught there faithfully and well. [2]
In 1873 Brooks, with a liking for the work, began to teach at the Primary Department of the First Ward School, Little Rock. The following year she was made principal of the grammar school, and in 1876 she was made principal of the Little Rock High School. In 1877 she was elected president of the State Teachers' Association. She was also president of the Homeopathic Medical Examining Board. [2] [1]
In 1882 Brooks joined the faculty at Little Rock University. Having become a Master of Arts, she was placed in charge of the mathematical department, where she taught until 1888 when she entered the Boston University School of Medicine, a course which had for years been her desire. She was graduated there with high honors in 1891, and afterwards took a post-graduate course on nervous diseases in the Westborough Insane Hospital. She spent one year as house officer in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, being assigned half the time on the surgical and half the time on the medical work. Returning to Little Rock in 1903, she established a private practice of pediatrics. [2] [1]
Dr. Brooks was an earnest woman suffragist and a thorough temperance advocate. [2]
In 1914 Brooks joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the first female faculty member. She was a lecturer on social hygiene in the psychiatry department and later became associate professor of psychiatry. [1]
She was nominated to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1920, but at the time women couldn't compete and her name was taken off the ballot. [1]
She was member of the Altrusa Club and the Woman's City Club of Little Rock. [1]
Brooks tried to enlist in the military service during World War I, but was rejected because she was a woman. She obtained a commission in the United States Public Health Service and served at Camp Pike. [1]
She died on March 13, 1939, and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. [1]
Sources:
"Ida Josephine Brooks (1853–1939)". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820–1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 124. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Above contributed by Elisa Rolle
***************
Ida Josephine Brooks was a Little Rock, Arkansas teacher and school administrator
* She was one of the state's first female physicians
* Brook's was the first woman faculty member at the University of Arkansas Medical School (now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
* She was a powerful advocate for women's rights.
****************
Ida Jo Brooks was the DAUGHTER of
FATHER - Joseph Brooks (Methodist minister)
MOTHER - Elizabeth (Goodenough) Brooks
She had 5 siblings
****************
Brooks's father was an 1872 candidate for Arkansas governor against Elisha Baxter. Both candidates claimed victory, which developed into the 'Brooks-Baxter War', (Brooks was the loser).
****************
After teaching for several years in the Little Rock public schools, she continued her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Mo, where she received her master's degree.
Brooks began her Arkansas career in education in 1873 as a teacher at the Primary Department of the First Ward School. She later became principal of the Intermediate Department at the same school. Brooks served U of A as a faculty member, where she taught mathematics from 1882-88 at the Little Rock campus.
As an Arkansas educator for 15 years, Brooks began the study of medicine at the Boston University School of
Medicine. She achieved many goals and continued her advanced education, eventually returning to Arkansas.
Brooks spent many years advocating women's rights. She pushed for Arkansas to allow women to become physicians.
Brooks tried to enlist in the military but was rejected being a female. She did however, serve at Camp Pike as
a psychiatry consultant.
The Little Rock School Board of Directors (1913-17)established a school for 'mentally deficient' children in the basement of Kramer School at her urging.
The Republican Convention of Arkansas nominated (1920) Brooks for: Superintendent of Public Instruction
It was ruled a woman could not hold public office in Arkansas. Her name therefore, was removed from the ballot.
Brooks was a leader in the community:
* Homeopathic Medical Examining Board President (1877)
* Arkansas State Teachers Association President - (1877)
* Altrusa Club
* Woman's City Club
*********************
Brooks died from the shock and strain of a fractured hip, complicated by a weakened heart.
This biography is humbly presented by Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
*********************
Ida Josephine "Joe" Brooks (April 28, 1853 – March 13, 1939) was an educator, physician and surgeon. She was among Arkansas's earliest women physicians and the first female faculty member at the University of Arkansas Medical School. [1]
Ida Josephine Brooks was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on April 28, 1853. She was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Brooks, a Methodist minister, and Elizabeth Goodenough. Her father was the governor candidate for Arkansas in 1872, against Elisha Baxter, who in the end was the winner. When she was very young, her parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and she there entered the public schools, beginning in the primary department of the Clay school, when Dr. William Torrey Harris began his career as a teacher. She graduated from Central High School in St. Louis in 1870. Her father moved to the South after Civil War, and Brooks went to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1870. [2] [1]
In 1877 she obtained an AB degree from Little Rock University, a private college. She taught in Little Rock public schools while continuing her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, obtaining her master's degree. [1]
In 1872, in conversation with a friend, Brooks warmly argued that women should earn their own money, and he made a wager that she would not do it herself. As a joke, he found her a school in Fouche Bottom, where the gnats were so thick that a smudge had to be kept continually burning. She accepted the position and taught there faithfully and well. [2]
In 1873 Brooks, with a liking for the work, began to teach at the Primary Department of the First Ward School, Little Rock. The following year she was made principal of the grammar school, and in 1876 she was made principal of the Little Rock High School. In 1877 she was elected president of the State Teachers' Association. She was also president of the Homeopathic Medical Examining Board. [2] [1]
In 1882 Brooks joined the faculty at Little Rock University. Having become a Master of Arts, she was placed in charge of the mathematical department, where she taught until 1888 when she entered the Boston University School of Medicine, a course which had for years been her desire. She was graduated there with high honors in 1891, and afterwards took a post-graduate course on nervous diseases in the Westborough Insane Hospital. She spent one year as house officer in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, being assigned half the time on the surgical and half the time on the medical work. Returning to Little Rock in 1903, she established a private practice of pediatrics. [2] [1]
Dr. Brooks was an earnest woman suffragist and a thorough temperance advocate. [2]
In 1914 Brooks joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the first female faculty member. She was a lecturer on social hygiene in the psychiatry department and later became associate professor of psychiatry. [1]
She was nominated to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1920, but at the time women couldn't compete and her name was taken off the ballot. [1]
She was member of the Altrusa Club and the Woman's City Club of Little Rock. [1]
Brooks tried to enlist in the military service during World War I, but was rejected because she was a woman. She obtained a commission in the United States Public Health Service and served at Camp Pike. [1]
She died on March 13, 1939, and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. [1]
Sources:
"Ida Josephine Brooks (1853–1939)". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820–1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 124. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Above contributed by Elisa Rolle
***************
Ida Josephine Brooks was a Little Rock, Arkansas teacher and school administrator
* She was one of the state's first female physicians
* Brook's was the first woman faculty member at the University of Arkansas Medical School (now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
* She was a powerful advocate for women's rights.
****************
Ida Jo Brooks was the DAUGHTER of
FATHER - Joseph Brooks (Methodist minister)
MOTHER - Elizabeth (Goodenough) Brooks
She had 5 siblings
****************
Brooks's father was an 1872 candidate for Arkansas governor against Elisha Baxter. Both candidates claimed victory, which developed into the 'Brooks-Baxter War', (Brooks was the loser).
****************
After teaching for several years in the Little Rock public schools, she continued her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Mo, where she received her master's degree.
Brooks began her Arkansas career in education in 1873 as a teacher at the Primary Department of the First Ward School. She later became principal of the Intermediate Department at the same school. Brooks served U of A as a faculty member, where she taught mathematics from 1882-88 at the Little Rock campus.
As an Arkansas educator for 15 years, Brooks began the study of medicine at the Boston University School of
Medicine. She achieved many goals and continued her advanced education, eventually returning to Arkansas.
Brooks spent many years advocating women's rights. She pushed for Arkansas to allow women to become physicians.
Brooks tried to enlist in the military but was rejected being a female. She did however, serve at Camp Pike as
a psychiatry consultant.
The Little Rock School Board of Directors (1913-17)established a school for 'mentally deficient' children in the basement of Kramer School at her urging.
The Republican Convention of Arkansas nominated (1920) Brooks for: Superintendent of Public Instruction
It was ruled a woman could not hold public office in Arkansas. Her name therefore, was removed from the ballot.
Brooks was a leader in the community:
* Homeopathic Medical Examining Board President (1877)
* Arkansas State Teachers Association President - (1877)
* Altrusa Club
* Woman's City Club
*********************
Brooks died from the shock and strain of a fractured hip, complicated by a weakened heart.
This biography is humbly presented by Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
*********************
Ida Josephine Brooks was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on April 28, 1853. She was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Brooks, a Methodist minister, and Elizabeth Goodenough. Her father was the governor candidate for Arkansas in 1872, against Elisha Baxter, who in the end was the winner. When she was very young, her parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and she there entered the public schools, beginning in the primary department of the Clay school, when Dr. William Torrey Harris began his career as a teacher. She graduated from Central High School in St. Louis in 1870. Her father moved to the South after Civil War, and Brooks went to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1870. [2] [1]
In 1877 she obtained an AB degree from Little Rock University, a private college. She taught in Little Rock public schools while continuing her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, obtaining her master's degree. [1]
In 1872, in conversation with a friend, Brooks warmly argued that women should earn their own money, and he made a wager that she would not do it herself. As a joke, he found her a school in Fouche Bottom, where the gnats were so thick that a smudge had to be kept continually burning. She accepted the position and taught there faithfully and well. [2]
In 1873 Brooks, with a liking for the work, began to teach at the Primary Department of the First Ward School, Little Rock. The following year she was made principal of the grammar school, and in 1876 she was made principal of the Little Rock High School. In 1877 she was elected president of the State Teachers' Association. She was also president of the Homeopathic Medical Examining Board. [2] [1]
In 1882 Brooks joined the faculty at Little Rock University. Having become a Master of Arts, she was placed in charge of the mathematical department, where she taught until 1888 when she entered the Boston University School of Medicine, a course which had for years been her desire. She was graduated there with high honors in 1891, and afterwards took a post-graduate course on nervous diseases in the Westborough Insane Hospital. She spent one year as house officer in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, being assigned half the time on the surgical and half the time on the medical work. Returning to Little Rock in 1903, she established a private practice of pediatrics. [2] [1]
Dr. Brooks was an earnest woman suffragist and a thorough temperance advocate. [2]
In 1914 Brooks joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the first female faculty member. She was a lecturer on social hygiene in the psychiatry department and later became associate professor of psychiatry. [1]
She was nominated to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1920, but at the time women couldn't compete and her name was taken off the ballot. [1]
She was member of the Altrusa Club and the Woman's City Club of Little Rock. [1]
Brooks tried to enlist in the military service during World War I, but was rejected because she was a woman. She obtained a commission in the United States Public Health Service and served at Camp Pike. [1]
She died on March 13, 1939, and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis. [1]
Sources:
"Ida Josephine Brooks (1853–1939)". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820–1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. p. 124. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Above contributed by Elisa Rolle
***************
Ida Josephine Brooks was a Little Rock, Arkansas teacher and school administrator
* She was one of the state's first female physicians
* Brook's was the first woman faculty member at the University of Arkansas Medical School (now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
* She was a powerful advocate for women's rights.
****************
Ida Jo Brooks was the DAUGHTER of
FATHER - Joseph Brooks (Methodist minister)
MOTHER - Elizabeth (Goodenough) Brooks
She had 5 siblings
****************
Brooks's father was an 1872 candidate for Arkansas governor against Elisha Baxter. Both candidates claimed victory, which developed into the 'Brooks-Baxter War', (Brooks was the loser).
****************
After teaching for several years in the Little Rock public schools, she continued her studies at Drury College in Springfield, Mo, where she received her master's degree.
Brooks began her Arkansas career in education in 1873 as a teacher at the Primary Department of the First Ward School. She later became principal of the Intermediate Department at the same school. Brooks served U of A as a faculty member, where she taught mathematics from 1882-88 at the Little Rock campus.
As an Arkansas educator for 15 years, Brooks began the study of medicine at the Boston University School of
Medicine. She achieved many goals and continued her advanced education, eventually returning to Arkansas.
Brooks spent many years advocating women's rights. She pushed for Arkansas to allow women to become physicians.
Brooks tried to enlist in the military but was rejected being a female. She did however, serve at Camp Pike as
a psychiatry consultant.
The Little Rock School Board of Directors (1913-17)established a school for 'mentally deficient' children in the basement of Kramer School at her urging.
The Republican Convention of Arkansas nominated (1920) Brooks for: Superintendent of Public Instruction
It was ruled a woman could not hold public office in Arkansas. Her name therefore, was removed from the ballot.
Brooks was a leader in the community:
* Homeopathic Medical Examining Board President (1877)
* Arkansas State Teachers Association President - (1877)
* Altrusa Club
* Woman's City Club
*********************
Brooks died from the shock and strain of a fractured hip, complicated by a weakened heart.
This biography is humbly presented by Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
*********************
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