Doctor Joe, a Woman in a New York Infirmary

Doctor s josephine baker, just the name got me so excited when i first read it. She couldn't afford to go to vasser. But her back up school was the women's medical college at the new york infirmary. This woman, doctor joe, goes on to spend her entire career working for the health and welfare of children in the city. They gave her absolutely no background. So why would she expect to encounter what she did?