Chapter three is the first of the narratives, and describes the work Ann Preston, who was a graduate of the first class of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, and eventually became the professor of physiology at the school, and later a dean. Most of her writing was anonymous, a strategy referred to as “cross dressing,” as she presented herself as a “regular” (male) physician, and was only distinguishable as a woman by her work in prevention and hygiene which were considered to be feminine interests at the time. Wells argues that this strategy was functional in protecting the integrity of the college, but had personal and professional costs for Preston. In chapter four, Wells compares theses written by the female students of the Women’s