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-f- To zvomen in professional fields Dr. Drant has alzvays offered this
advice:

"Never forget that you are a woman. Act as a woman, dress as a
ivoman and speak as a zvoman. If the people are right in saying this
is a man's zvorld you certainly are not going to conquer it by pretend-
ing to be a man. But if a zvoman is zcise enough to retain her effem-
inacy, she can afford to let men imagine the zvorld is theirs, in the sure
confidence that it is hers after all."

By

ELIZABETH B. MARTIN, Epsilon Alpha

[_|_ Hir.H ABOVE THE DIN of the noisy streets matological Society and this indeed was a
of Philadelphia, in The Medical Arts great honor to achieve because the society is
made up almost entirely of men—Doctor
1 Building, I find Doctor Patricia Drant (* '18), Drant and another woman physician are the
siamous dermatologist and authority on skin only representatives of the fairer sex in this
cancer. Doctor Drant is dressed in an im- organization. This famous Alpha O writes ar-
maculate white starched uniform which has a ticles for The Medical Jourtwl and for Tlte
high, close-fitting neck. Tall, thin, bright-eyed Cyclopedia of Medicine, and is a Fellow of
and vivacious is Doctor Drant. She has that the Association for the Advancement of Sci-
hnagnetic quality which inspires your confidence ence. She enjoys making after-dinner speeches
and which would make you trust her judg- and also speaks over the radio. Last but not
least she will be found in this year's edition
ment without question. Just to be in her pres- of Who's Who in America.
ence gives you a feeling of security.
I wish you all could have been as fortunate
Doctor Drant received her Bachelor's De- as I was in being privileged to visit Doctor
sgree from the University of Kansas and was Drant in her charming offices. The "waiting
a charter member of Phi Chapter. She then room," as most doctors call it, is, at Doctor
reentered the University of Pennsylvania Medi- Drant's headquarters, really a palatial draw-
c a l School and from this institution she ob- ing-room. The walls are an oyster white with
tained her Doctor's Degree in Medicine. Post- a narrow band of gold around the entire room,
graduate work called her next and for this she about a foot and one-half from the ceiling. A
went abroad and studied in the world-famed large gold mirror, reaching from ceiling to
medical centers of Europe such as Paris, Lon- floor, takes up the greater part of one wall
don, Vienna, Copenhagen and Budapest. Each and a lovely oil painting part of the other
summer finds her busy packing and she sails side wall. Several etchings add to the attrac-
again for Europe to continue her study of tiveness of the room. The rug entirely cov-
dermatology and skin cancer in the clinics and ers the floor and is mulberry-red, as are the
universities of Europe. However hard she draperies at the windows. Here we also find
works while abroad, Doctor Drant confessed white Venetian blinds through which the
that she always manages to find time to buy golden sun casts its colorful rays. The chairs
most of her clothes for the year from Vionnet are mulberry and gold and alabastrine lamps
in Paris. with white shades complete the room. In
Doctor Drant's private office, wc find a vivid
Here in Philadelphia I find Doctor Drant hlue and white color scheme. Blue satin
associated with some of the most outstanding drapes, blue satin chair coverings with white
hospitals in the city. She is dermatojogist at tufts, a white desk and strawberry-red rug.
The Women's Hospital. Methodist Episcopal Of all the rooms this was my favorite. How
Hospital also claims her and at this institu- I wish I might have been able to "snitch" the
tion she is the only woman on the staff. She small painted reproduction of this room which
is an associate member at The Philadelphia
General and the only woman in the dermatol- [CONTINUED ON PAI;E 3 1 ]
ogy department at this hospital. Doctor Drant
•is a past president of the Philadelphia I >cr-

d Decorating Attends Dr. Drant