Katherine Kurt (1852–1910) was an American homeopathic physician.[1] She was the first woman physician who ever practiced in Akron, Ohio.[2]
Early life and education
Katherine Kurt was born in Sterling[2] or Wooster, Ohio.[1] December 19, 1852. Her parents were John and Katherine Kurt, both of Swiss descent.[2] She was the eighth of a family of twelve children, and the first born in the U.S. The father was a weaver and found it hard to keep so large a family. Upon the death of the mother, when Katherine was eight years old, all the children but one or two of the older ones were placed in the homes of friends. The father was opposed to having any of the children legally adopted by his friends, but he placed Katherine in a family where, for a number of years, she had a home.