# A Woman Doctor — How the Other Half Lives character guide

> A Woman Doctor in How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** herself, a woman doctor

**First appearance:** 0024-xx-the-working-girls-of-new-york

## Who they are

A female physician working among the poor in the tenements.

## In the story

### [XX: The Working Girls of New York](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/how_the_other_half_lives_se/chapters/xx-the-working-girls-of-new-york)

Brought to the narrator's attention the case of a widow making paper bags in an East Side attic for 25–30 cents a day.

### [XXII: The Wrecks and the Waste](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/how_the_other_half_lives_se/chapters/xxii-the-wrecks-and-the-waste)

A woman doctor is mentioned as the source of the quote about the curse of the island and the impossibility of rehabilitation for those who have been institutionalized.

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