Lucy Maria Field Wanzer (1841–1930) was the first woman to be admitted to and graduate from an American medical school west of the Rocky Mountains. Wanzer first applied to the Toland Medical College in San Francisco in 1873, but was rejected. She was admitted after a four-month appeal that set a precedent allowing other women to attend medical schools throughout the UC system. In March 1873, the school joined the University of California system (eventually becoming UCSF. While at school, she was hazed by fellow students, and one professor told her any woman who wanted to study medicine should have their ovaries removed, to which she replied that male students should have their testicles removed.[4] She graduated with honors in 1876. Her portrait is shown in a mural by Bernard Zakheim at Toland Hall, UCSF.