The Brooklyn Times of June 27, 1891, contained the following concerning this distinguished professional lady, who undoubtedly deserves every word that has been said in praise of her merits:
When she commenced practicing here, twenty years ago, under her maiden name of Smith, she found it up-hill work to get established, sex, color and school being all against her; for in those days homeopathy was not so favorably regarded as now. Being quite young in years, and even more youthful in appearance, was another disadvantage. When about a year in practice she married the Rev. William G. McKinney, formerly located at Flemington, N. J., but now retired. Dr. McKinney is a bright little woman with sparkling black eyes and frank, pleasant expression. She has fairly outdone her white sisters in proving that a married woman can successfully follow more than one profession without neglecting her family, for she has not only acquired a reputation as a practitioner but is also a musician of acknowledged standing, being organist and director in the Bridge Street M. E. Church, where she has charge of a choir of thirty-five voices. She was a pupil of Zundel and Henry Eyre Brown, and has recently been elected Musical Director of the Brooklyn Literary Union, with her daughter. Miss Anna McKinney, who is studying music in the Pratt Institute, as assistant. Her boy is a clerk under C. P. Hunting- ton, and both children are bright, handsome and healthy-looking and show careful nurture.
Of course, such a busy woman has no time for social life, but is devoted to her family and her profession. Being the family doctor in many homes, she has a number of gentlemen patients, for the boys and girls of some families have grown up from childhood under her medical care. Many male doctors send their special female cases to her, one eminent physician having placed his mother in her care for treatment. In short, she meets with naught but courtesy and consideration from her fellow-practitioners of both sexes and schools. Two years ago she took a post-graduate course at the Long Island College Hospital, where she was the only woman student at the time. "Courage, 'grit' and physical strength are needed," she says, by the successful physician. "She must be willing to study hard with a determination to succeed."
