Amelia Ziegler, M.D., was born in 1861 in New York State and was educated in the midwest. She taught school for several years in New York and Missouri before studying medicine at the Women's Medical College in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated in 1898 with highest honors.
Dr. Ziegler moved to Portland and began her practice that same year, working mainly with women and children. It was said that she delivered 3,032 Oregon babies and never lost a mother. Her office was in the Alisky Building on 3rd and Morrison, where for several years, she shared a reception area with Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy. In 1903, she went to Chicago to serve as senior physician at the Women's and Children's Hospital; later she worked at Cook County Hospital and in the clinic of Dr. Isaac Arthur Abt. Returning to Portland, she joined the staff of the Women's Convalescent Home, Florence Crittenton Home and the Portland Sanitarium.
Dr. Ziegler was a charter member of the Portland Woman's Medical Club, a member of city, county and state medical societies and the American Medical Association. She served on the staff of the Women's Convalescent Home and the Portland Sanitarium. She was also a lifetime member of the Medical Women's National Association and an active member of the Social Hygiene Society.
Ziegler's brother was Frederic J. Ziegler, a graduate of the University of Oregon, Class of 1901; Jefferson Medical College Class of 1905; and a member of the University of Oregon Medical School faculty from 1911-1922 (surgery).
He attended the University of Oregon Medical School from 1897-1901, where he starred on the football team and served as a member of the UOMS faculty in the department of surgery from 1911-1922. He was a member of the Multnomah County Medical Society, the AMA Upsilon chapter of Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity and Sigma Mu social fraternity. Dr. Fred Ziegler also served in the Medical Corp as a captain during WWI. Fred practiced medicine in Portland for 46 years and was still in active practice when he fell ill. He passed away only 3 weeks later.
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See the Biographical Files for additional information related to the life and work of Amelia Ziegler, M.D.
National Library of Medicine, Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians
The following institutions contain archival collections related to the lives and work of female physicians in the United States:
Helen Octavia Dickens Papers, Pennsylvania University Archives & Records Center
http://www.archives.upenn.edu/faids/upt/upt50/dickensho.html#1
Elizabeth Blackwell Letters, Colombia University Libraries, Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections
http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079307/summary
Virginia Apgar Papers, Mount Holyoke College Archives & Special Collections
http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm192.html
The collection consists of personal papers, publications, printed materials and artifacts created or owned by Amelia Ziegler, M.D. Materials include Ziegler's doctor's bag containing assorted obstetrical and gynecological implements, lab coat, business card, and patient services log book, as well as a letter to Ziegler, certificates, printed materials, and 2 medical publications. Also included are several items that appear to have belonged to other individuals, including a student's University of Oregon Medical School library card, a UOMS library reference card about Ziegler from 1961, and handwritten notes detailing Ziegler's medical practice. These materials were potentially added to the collection after they were donated by Ziegler.
The materials were donated to the University of Oregon Medical School by Dr. Ziegler in September of 1960. They were accessioned into the Medical Museum Collection under the accession number 77-161.1.36 in circa 1977 and deaccessioned from the MMC and accessioned into the archival collections in 2007.
Notebook contains Ziegler's handwritten expense log of services provided to patients.
The doctor's bag and implements contained within are labeled with the original accession number from the Medical Museum Collection, 77-161.1.36. The brown leather-lined bag measures 45 x 17 x 15 cm and has a leather-covered handle.