The Evening Dispensary for Working Women and Girls was an innovative American health care service at the turn of the twentieth century.
During its existence, it had the same board of managers consisting of Alice T. Hall, Kate Campbell Hurd (Mead), Elizabeth T. King, Julia Rebecca Rogers, Bertha M. Smith, and Kate M. McLane, Anne Galbraith Carey, Dr. Lillian Welsh, M.D.. Their staff included Lilian Welsh, Mary Sherwood, Florence Sabin, and Elizabeth Hurdon, all devoted their time to practice medicine and help patients.
[3] The free care was offered to the poor and needy, it established clean milk distribution for sick babies,[4] the first visiting nurse and public bath,[5] a social service department, provided a study of midwives and birth registration in Baltimore, as well as a study of tuberculosis.
Julia Rebecca Rogers was also one of the women working towards persuading medical schools in the area to accept female students.
Alongside the former First Lady Lou Hoover, she worked as an honorary chairman of the Citizen's Committee of the Goucher College Building Fund.
Dr. Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead was a strong advocate for women's rights, in particular in the medical field.
Dr. Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead oversaw the preventative health program at Bryn Mawr School for Girls.
Dr. Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead was also a part of the team that incorporated Middlesex County Hospital.