Jane Bruce Guignard

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Jane Bruce Guignard

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Guignard was born in [[Aiken County, South Carolina]], the daughter of John Gabriel Guignard and Jane Bruce Salley Guignard. She was the youngest of nine brothers and sisters. Her father was a [[Confederate States Army]] veteran of the [[American Civil War]]. She was a student at [[Chicora College|The College for Women in Columbia]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]], and trained for teaching at [[Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development|Peabody College]] in Tennessee, graduating in 1896. She moved to Philadelphia in 1900 to attend the [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]] after recovering from serious injuries from a horse and carriage accident that was fatal to her mother. She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1904.{{Cite news |date=1963-01-13 |title=Guignard Rites Set Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-guignard-rites-set-monday/145679091/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |pages=26 |via=Newspapers.com}} Writer [[Frances Guignard Gibbes]] was a cousin.Arny R. Childs, ed., ''[https://ia600701.us.archive.org/26/items/plantersbusiness00chil/plantersbusiness00chil.pdf Planters and Businessmen: The Guignard Family of South Carolina]'' (University of South Carolina 1957).
Guignard was born in [[Aiken County, South Carolina]], the daughter of John Gabriel Guignard and Jane Bruce Salley Guignard. She was the youngest of nine brothers and sisters. Her father was a [[Confederate States Army]] veteran of the [[American Civil War]]. She was a student at [[Chicora College|The College for Women in Columbia]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]], and trained for teaching at [[Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development|Peabody College]] in Tennessee, graduating in 1896. She moved to Philadelphia in 1900 to attend the [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]] after recovering from serious injuries from a horse and carriage accident that was fatal to her mother. She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1904.{{Cite news |date=1963-01-13 |title=Guignard Rites Set Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-guignard-rites-set-monday/145679091/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |pages=26 |via=Newspapers.com}} Writer [[Frances Guignard Gibbes]] was a cousin.Arny R. Childs, ed., ''[https://ia600701.us.archive.org/26/items/plantersbusiness00chil/plantersbusiness00chil.pdf Planters and Businessmen: The Guignard Family of South Carolina]'' (University of South Carolina 1957).
==Career==
==Career==
Guignard taught in Columbia City Schools for four years before moving to Philadelphia to attend medical college.{{Cite web |last1=Barbee |first1=Seth |last2=Amer |first2=Dalva |title=Biographical Sketch of Jane Bruce Guignard |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1010026783 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Alexander Street Documents}} She was an intern at the Women's Hospital for one year before returning to Columbia. She was one of the city's first women physicians, beginning her practice there in 1905,{{Cite news |date=1959-04-16 |title=Dr. Guignard Honored at Altrusa Observance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-dr-guignard-honored-at-altrus/145672919/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |via=Newspapers.com |pages=37}} specializing on obstetrics and pediatrics.{{Cite web |title=Photo Asset: Jane Bruce Guignard |url=https://www.knowitall.org/photo/jane-bruce-guignard-history-sc-slide-collection |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=History of SC Slide Collection, at Knowitall.org}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-30 |title="G" is for Guignard, Jane Bruce (1876-1963) |url=https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/history/2018-08-30/g-is-for-guignard-jane-bruce-1876-1963 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=South Carolina Public Radio |language=en}} She was also an attending physician on staff at the College for Women and [[Columbia College (South Carolina)|Columbia College]] from 1905 to 1908. Delivering babies at home exposed her to the health risks faced by the city's poorer residents, and she opened a small maternity home in the 1920s. She served as the second assistant to the chief surgeon at Columbia Hospital and worked to improve services for women and children. She also created a training program for black midwives.{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Giselle |title=Guignard, Jane Bruce |url=https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/guignard-jane-bruce/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=South Carolina Encyclopedia |language=en-US}} She practiced medicine for over 55 years delivering over 1,000 babies throughout her career. She was honored by Columbia Hospital, noted for her holistic approach to care, and presented with a portrait of herself to be hung at the hospital in 1940. She was a member of the [[American Medical Women's Association|Medical Women's National Association]].{{Cite news |last=Welbourne |first=Edythe |date=1934-03-14 |title=National, International Women in Medicine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-national-international-women/145678744/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |pages=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Guignard taught in Columbia City Schools for four years before moving to Philadelphia to attend medical college.{{Cite web |last1=Barbee |first1=Seth |last2=Amer |first2=Dalva |title=Biographical Sketch of Jane Bruce Guignard |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1010026783 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Alexander Street Documents}} She was an intern at the Women's Hospital for one year before returning to Columbia. She was one of the city's first women physicians, beginning her practice there in 1905,{{Cite news |date=1959-04-16 |title=Dr. Guignard Honored at Altrusa Observance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-dr-guignard-honored-at-altrus/145672919/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |via=Newspapers.com |pages=37}} specializing on obstetrics and pediatrics.{{Cite web |title=Photo Asset: Jane Bruce Guignard |url=https://www.knowitall.org/photo/jane-bruce-guignard-history-sc-slide-collection |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=History of SC Slide Collection, at Knowitall.org}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-30 |title="G" is for Guignard, Jane Bruce (1876-1963) |url=https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/history/2018-08-30/g-is-for-guignard-jane-bruce-1876-1963 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=South Carolina Public Radio |language=en}} She was also an attending physician on staff at the College for Women and [[Columbia College (South Carolina)|Columbia College]] from 1905 to 1908. Delivering babies at home exposed her to the health risks faced by the city's poorer residents, and she opened a small [[maternity home]] in the 1920s. She served as the second assistant to the chief surgeon at Columbia Hospital and worked to improve services for women and children. She also created a training program for black midwives.{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Giselle |title=Guignard, Jane Bruce |url=https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/guignard-jane-bruce/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=South Carolina Encyclopedia |language=en-US}} She practiced medicine for over 55 years delivering over 1,000 babies throughout her career. She was honored by Columbia Hospital, noted for her holistic approach to care, and presented with a portrait of herself to be hung at the hospital in 1940. She was a member of the [[American Medical Women's Association|Medical Women's National Association]].{{Cite news |last=Welbourne |first=Edythe |date=1934-03-14 |title=National, International Women in Medicine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-national-international-women/145678744/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |pages=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}


Guignard was president of the Columbia Equal Suffrage League.{{Cite news |date=1915-01-15 |title=Women to Use Influence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-newberry-weekly-herald-women-to-use/145677455/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Newberry Weekly Herald |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} After suffrage was won, she was co-founder of the Columbia [[League of Women Voters]],{{Cite news |date=1922-07-09 |title=Form Charleston League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-form-charleston-league/145678325/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |pages=23 |via=Newspapers.com}} and state chair of the Social Hygiene Department of the South Carolina League of Women Voters. She wrote an open letter to a mayoral candidate about vice in Columbia in 1922.{{Cite news |date=1922-04-20 |title=Exchange Notes on City Matters; W. A. Coleman Answers Dr. Guignard's Letter; Vice Question Up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-exchange-notes-on-city-matters/145673581/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |via=Newspapers.com |pages=2}} She was active in [[Altrusa International, Inc|Altrusa]], and was honored by the local chapter in 1959, for her many years of service to the community.{{Cite news |date=1959-04-16 |title=Dr. Guignard Honored at Altrusa Observance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-dr-guignard-honored-at-altrus/145672919/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |via=Newspapers.com |pages=37}} She was also honored in 1954 at her 50th anniversary ceremony of graduating from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Guignard was president of the Columbia Equal Suffrage League.{{Cite news |date=1915-01-15 |title=Women to Use Influence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-newberry-weekly-herald-women-to-use/145677455/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Newberry Weekly Herald |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} After suffrage was won, she was co-founder of the Columbia [[League of Women Voters]],{{Cite news |date=1922-07-09 |title=Form Charleston League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-form-charleston-league/145678325/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |pages=23 |via=Newspapers.com}} and state chair of the Social Hygiene Department of the South Carolina League of Women Voters. She wrote an open letter to a mayoral candidate about vice in Columbia in 1922.{{Cite news |date=1922-04-20 |title=Exchange Notes on City Matters; W. A. Coleman Answers Dr. Guignard's Letter; Vice Question Up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-exchange-notes-on-city-matters/145673581/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |via=Newspapers.com |pages=2}} She was active in [[Altrusa International, Inc|Altrusa]], and was honored by the local chapter in 1959, for her many years of service to the community.{{Cite news |date=1959-04-16 |title=Dr. Guignard Honored at Altrusa Observance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-dr-guignard-honored-at-altrus/145672919/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The State |via=Newspapers.com |pages=37}} She was also honored in 1954 at her 50th anniversary ceremony of graduating from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
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