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Frances M. Hollingshead
A middle-aged white woman wearing eyeglasses
Frances M. Hollingshead, from her 1918 passport application
BornJune 30, 1876
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 28, 1963(1963-02-28) (aged 86)
Loveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)Physician, public health official
RelativesJames Edward Murdoch (grandfather)

Frances Murdoch Hollingshead (June 30, 1876 – February 28, 1963) was an American physician and public health official. She was director of the Buffalo Foundation. She went to France with the American Red Cross during World War I.

Early life and education

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Hollingshead was born in Cincinnati, the daughter of Marcus (Mark) Hollingshead and Rosalie Gilbert Murdoch Hollingshead. Her grandfather was actor James Edward Murdoch.[1] She earned a medical degree from Miami Medical School in Ohio in 1904, and was the first woman to serve an internship at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.[2][3][4]

Her sister Lily Hollingshead James was an elocutionist.[5][6]

Career

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Hollingshead was trained as an anesthetist.[2] She was a public health physician, and director of the Division of Child Hygiene in the Ohio State Department of Health.[7][8] "She is considered the chief promoter of Baby Week in Ohio," noted an Ohio newspaper in 1916.[9] She served on the Board of Directors of the American Child Hygiene Association.[10][11] During World War I she went to France to do child welfare work for the American Red Cross.[12]

In 1920, Hollingshead was appointed the first executive director of the Buffalo Foundation, a community trust organization now known as the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.[13][14] Under her leadership, the Foundation funded the construction of Kleinhans Music Hall, established a child guidance clinic, improved pre-natal programs,[15] and published a directory of social services.[16] She resigned from the Foundation in 1932.[17] In her later career she helped to establish the Visiting Nurses program and the Babies' Milk Fund in Cincinnati.[3]

Hollingshead was a member of the Zonta Club.[18] She often spoke on child development and other subjects to women's clubs and other community organizations.[19][20][21] "Nagging, untruthfulness and threats or the buying of obedience usually fail and we must impress on the young mind the fact that we are rational and truthful guardians," she said in one such lecture in 1929. "A mother solicitous of the welfare of her child never will allow emotion to reign."[22]

American Red Cross medical personnel in France during World War I, including (left to right) Frances Sage Bradley, Marion L. Bugbee, and Frances M. Hollingshead

Publications

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  • "Personal Hygiene for Office Workers" (1913)[23]
  • "The Connection Between Tuberculosis and Women Office-Workers" (1913)[24]
  • "The Ohio School Child in 1917" (1917)[25]
  • "Junior Health Leagues" (1917)[26]
  • "Ohio's New Registration Bureau for Mothers" (1917)[27]
  • "Physical Education in Ohio Schools" (1918)[28]
  • "Proposed Children's Welfare Program" (1918)[29]
  • "Maternity Hospitals as a Rural Need" (1918)[30]
  • "To Buffalo Again" (1926)[31]
  • "The Present Status of Preschool Hygiene in the United States" (1927)[32]

Personal life

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Hollingshead died in 1963 in Loveland, Ohio, at the age of 86.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Zuber, Charles H. (1938-05-29). "An Actor Who Served His Country". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "List of Anesthetists Qualified to Serve". The Woman's Medical Journal. 28 (11): 235. November 1918.
  3. ^ a b c "Services are Conducted for Dr. Hollingshead". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1963-03-03. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dr. F. Hollingshead". The Cincinnati Post. 1963-03-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "With the Public Readers; Interesting Papers and Discussions at their Convention". The New York Times. 1892-06-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  6. ^ "Mrs. D. L. James Dies". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1933-01-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (1917-04-21). "Baby's Daily Routine". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fulton County Must Save Fourteen Babies". Fulton County Tribune. 1918-04-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Baby Week in Full Swing Over the Country". Chillicothe Gazette. 1916-03-06. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The American Child Hygiene Association". Mother and Child. 3 (9): masthead. September 1922.
  11. ^ "Dr. Hollingshead at Hygiene Meet; Buffalo Delegate to Attend the Washington Conference". The Buffalo Times. 1922-10-01. p. 47. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Buffalo Woman to Speak in East Aurora". The Buffalo Times. 1921-01-15. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Dr. Hollingshead Spoke to Club". The Buffalo Enquirer. 1921-01-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Charity Workers at State Meeting". The Buffalo Enquirer. 1924-11-14. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Eichel, Jeanette (1931-05-08). "Buffalo's Progress in Aiding Maternity Health is Noted". The Buffalo News. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Social Service Directory". The Buffalo Enquirer. 1920-10-19. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Potter Named Director of Buffalo Foundation". The Buffalo News. 1940-04-05. p. 31. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Zonta Club". The Buffalo Commercial. 1922-05-03. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Announcements". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1914-01-04. p. 54. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Lecture on School Hygiene". Richwood Gazette. 1917-09-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Ingleside Home". The Buffalo Times. 1921-02-25. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Nagging of Children Deplored by Expert". The Buffalo News. 1929-10-15. p. 42. Retrieved 2023-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (November 1913). "Personal Hygiene for Office Workers". The Phonographic Magazine. 27 (11): 281–283.
  24. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (October 1913). "The Connection between Tuberculosis and Women Office-Workers". The Phonographic Magazine. 27 (10): 264–266.
  25. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (September 1917). "The Ohio School Child in 1917". The Ohio Public Health Journal. 8: 425–427.
  26. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (October 1917). "Junior Health Leagues". The Ohio Public Health Journal. 8: 462–464.
  27. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (November 1917). "Ohio's New Registration Bureau for Mothers". Ohio Public Health Journal. 8 (11): 550–551.
  28. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (June 1918). "Physical Education in Ohio Schools". The Ohio Public Health Journal. 9 (6): 243–246.
  29. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (March 1918). "Proposed Children's Welfare Program". The Ohio Public Health Journal. 9 (3): 99–100.
  30. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (April 1918). "Maternity Hospitals as a Rural Need". The Ohio Public Health Journal. 9 (4): 158–160.
  31. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (August 1926). "To Buffalo Again". American Journal of Public Health. 16 (8): 771–773. doi:10.2105/AJPH.16.8.771-a. ISSN 0271-4353. PMC 1321323. PMID 18011913.
  32. ^ Hollingshead, Frances M. (November 1927). "The Present Status of Preschool Hygiene in the United States". Child Health Bulletin. 3 (6): 173–175.
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