Mccowen, Jennie
physician, surgeon, lecturer, was born June 15, 1845, in Harveysburg, Ohio. She first taught school for twelve years; and in 1876 graduated from the medical department of the state university of Iowa, receiving a prize for a thesis on Puerperal Fever. For several years she was assistant physician on the staff of the State Hospital for the Insane of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; and in 1880 located in Davenport, limiting her practice to nervous diseases of women. She is a member of the leading medical societies; in 1883-84 was president of the Scott County Medical society; and since 1893 she has been president of the Woman's alliance. In 1893 she represented Iowa at the World's Columbian exposition in the Congress on Woman's Progress, and delivered several addresses while a member. She has written scores of valuable papers on medical topics which have received publication in the Iowa Medical Journal and other leading medical publications.
MCCOY, MRS. CATHERINE (WEBB) (TOWLES), author, was born in 1823, in Massachusetts. She is a writer of Columbus, Ga., and the author of Tales from the Freemason's Fireside; The Three Golden Links; and Poor Claire, or Life Among the Queer.