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Hallie Earle, M.D.

Waco · McLennan County · placed 1996

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McLennan County, Texas

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Harriet (Hallie) Earle was born on her family's ranch near Waco. She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor University, and a medical degree from Baylor College of medicine. In 1907 Dr.

Earle became the first licensed female physician in McLennan county and had her own practice in Waco from 1915 to 1948. After her retirement she farmed and was a weather observer for the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Recorded 1996

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