A handful of courageous women responded to the call, and President Young set them apart to go east to medical schools. Among those set apart were Ellis Shipp, Margaret Shipp, and Romania Pratt, each of whom obtained a medical degree from a reputable eastern institution. The last quarter of the nineteenth century found Utah with a greater percentage of its women studying medicine than any other state or territory. Individual Relief Societies supplied the funds to educate some sisters while other women relied on their families to send them allowances.