Tag: Physician

Anglo-American physician and public health activist. The first woman to receive a medical degree in the US and the first woman to enter the British General Medical Council’s medical register.
Category: Health.

The first licensed African-American female doctor in Denver, Colorado.
Category: Health.

One of the first female physicians in the US, a public health reformer, and the first female State Senator elected in the US.
Category: Health, Politics & Leaders, Activism & Feminism.

A writer, women’s rights activist, one of the first female physicians in Texas, and one of the Texas Equal Rights Association’s founders.
Category: Health, Activism & Feminism, Media, Politics & Leaders.

Physician, educator, and advocate for women and children's right to healthcare. The first Latina to be appointed as the chief of the American Public Health Association.
Category: Health, Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism.

The first woman physician in Louisiana.
Category: Health.

A physician, an engineer, and an astronaut who was the first African-American woman to travel in space.
Category: Science & Technology.

The third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York State.
Category: Health.

A medical pioneer in late 19th century West Coast.
Category: Health, Academy & Education, Science & Technology.

A pioneering female doctor and educator of female physicians.
Category: Health, Activism & Feminism.