 The New England Female College founded in 1848 but not recognized by the Massachusetts Legislature until April 30, 1850, is considered by some to be the first American medical school for women as it offered a course of medical study to women.On March 11, 1850 however, several weeks before the recognition of the New England Female College, the Pennsylvania legislature passed an act to incorporate the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.Founded by Quaker businessmen, clergy, and physicians in Philadelphia, “Woman’s Med” or MCP was thus the first medical school incorporated in the United States founded specifically to provide medical education exclusively for women.