Word for Word Kids September 3, 2010

Dr. Rogers was born in Daytona the same year the town was incorporated, November 26, 1876. She was the daughter of D.D. and Julia Rogers, Daytona pioneers. She graduated from high school in Ocala. In 1907, she received her medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Rogers practiced Homeopathic Medicine and Philosophy for the next 50 years, starting her practice in Daytona in 1907. In 1947, she became Chief of Staff at Halifax Hospital. She was active in community life and she belonged to many local and national organizations. She became active in politics and was elected City Commissioner and then in 1922 she was elected as Mayor of Daytona. She died April 30, 1975 and in her 98 years she was the first woman doctor in Daytona, and she was also the first and only woman to ever be elected Mayor of Daytona.