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Today in WV History
19 Apr

Susan Dew Hoff took the state medical examination, receiving the highest score of the group

Physician Susan Dew Hoff (November 24, 1842 - January 2, 1933) was one of the first women licensed to practice medicine in West Virginia. She was born Susan Matilda Dew in Hampshire County, the daughter of Dr. William Henry Harrison Dew and Jane D...

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