Pioneering Women in Indiana Optometry Boyd and Metzger-A Family Affair

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Published: Jan 29, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i1.29143
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Virlee Metzger, Miriam Metzger Boyd, women's history, optometry history, Indiana University, Richard Tubesing, Joan Exford, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Illinois College of Optometry

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Kyle W. King, O.D.
Indiana University and Evansville Eyecare Associates, Inc.

Abstract

This memoir is a summary of an oral interview conducted by Kyle W. King, O.D. with fellow Indiana-based optometrist Miriam Boyd, O.D. about her career in optometry and the career of her mother, Virlee Metzger, O.D. Dr. David Goss performed historical research to supplement Dr. Boyd's memoir. Taken together, the Metzger and Boyd's careers spanned 80 years (1933-2015) and represent an impressive professional legacy that endured changes both in society and in the scope and nature of optometric practice.

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King, K. W. (2020). Pioneering Women in Indiana Optometry: Boyd and Metzger-A Family Affair. Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History, 51(1), 28–29. https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i1.29143
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Vol. 51 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: Focus on Women in Optometry
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Memoir

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Kyle W. King, O.D., Indiana University and Evansville Eyecare Associates, Inc.

Kyle W. King is a practicing optometrist at Evansville Eyecare Associates, Inc. in Evansville, Indiana and an alumnus of Indiana University School of Optometry.

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Dr. Joan Exford would become the first woman president of the American Acadmy of Optometry and is the subject of an article scheduled for publication in Hindsight 2020;51(2).
Miller D, Holmberg A, Carroll J, Boyd M. Comparison of two methods in molding scleral contact shells. Arch Ophthalmol 1966; 76:422-425.
Miller D, Holmberg A, Carroll J, Exford J, Boyd M. Effect of impression taking on the shape of the cornea in scleral lens fitting. Arch Ophthalmol 1967;78:331-333.