1895-1918, bulk

Personal name, Kenyon, Josephine Hemenway, 1880-1965

Josephine Hemenway was born in Auburn, New York. She received an A. B. from Pritchett College in 1898. She pursued a year of graduate study at Bryn Mawr College before her acceptance to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from which she received a M.D. in 1904. After serving as a resident house officer for one year at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hemenway trained at the Babies' Hospital in New York City from 1905-1911. She married James Henry Kenyon, a neurosurgeon in 1911. Hemenway pursued a career in pediatrics and public health education. She contributed articles and advice on child care to the Good Housekeeping magazine for 30 years. In 1934, she wrote Healthy Babies are Happy Babies: A complete Handbook for Modern Mothers, which was published in 5 editions and 19 reprints. She continued her medical practice in New York City until 1950.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, medical student, 1900-1904

M.D. degree conferred -- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1904

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1904-1905

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