In 1893, Mary Garrett, daughter of B&O Railroad magnate John Work Garrett, uses her fortune to fund the nation's first co-educational medical school at Johns Hopkins.
"Mary Garrett"
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In 1893, Mary Garrett, daughter of B&O Railroad magnate John Work Garrett, uses her fortune to fund the nation's first co-educational medical school at Johns Hopkins.