| Date Span: | 1977-1995 |
| Creator: | Boulware, Lois (1903-1998) |
| Extent: | .50 linear inches. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0352 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Physician in the University of Iowa Student Health Department, who established the Patient Advocacy Program at University Hospitals after marrying and having a child. |
Lois Boulware was born August 3, 1903 in Perry, Missouri. She graduated from Perry High School and Culver-Stockton College in Missouri where she received her B.A. degree in science in 1926. She then attended the University of Iowa, where she received an M.A. in 1932 and an M.D. in 1937. Boulware did her residency in Philadelphia and then returned to Iowa City as a physician in the Student Health Department at the University of Iowa Hospitals. She held that position from 1937 to 1973. Following retirement, she established a Patient Advocacy Program at the University of Iowa Hospitals. The Day of Surgery waiting room in the hospital was established there in her name.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 722) were donated by Dorothy Rogers in 2000.
Preferred Citation: Lois Boulware papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
| Curator: | Kären Mason |
| Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
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