Tag: Physician Select search type Women Places Tours Select CategorySelect CategorySelect CategoryAcademy & EducationActivism & FeminismArmy & Security ForcesArtsBusiness & EntrepreneurshipCulinaryEconomics & FinanceFashion & BeautyHealthLawLiterature & PoetryMediaMusicPhilanthropyPolitics & LeadersReligion & Ethnic CultureScience & TechnologySportsTheater & CinemaSelect StateAlabamaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMissouriMontanaNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNevadaNew MexicoNew YorkOhioOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVirginiaWashingtonWashington DCWest VirginiaWyoming Search by word or phrase Search by Zip Code SearchSearch SearchSearch {"bg":"","mt":"","mr":"","mb":"3","ml":"","pt":"","pr":"","pb":"","pl":"","border":"","rounded":"","rounded_size":"","shadow":""} Sort By Sort Options Random sortBy State - AscendingBy State - DescendingBy Post Date - AscendingBy Post Date - Descending Default View: Grid 1 View: Grid 2 View: Grid 3 View: Grid 4 View: Grid 5 View: List Health Rebecca Lee Crumpler, 1831-1895 Physician, nurse, and author. The first African-American woman physician in the US. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born as Rebecca Davis Read more... Army & Security Forces Mary Edwards Walker, 1832-1919 Surgeon, abolitionist, and women’s rights advocate. The first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. Mary Edwards Walker Read more... Health Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821-1910 Anglo-American physician and public health activist. The first woman to receive a medical degree in the US and the first Read more... Health Justina Ford, 1871-1952 The first licensed African-American female doctor in Denver, Colorado. Justina was born in Knoxville, Illinois. Her interest in medicine began Read more... Health Martha Hughes Cannon, 1857-1932 One of the first female physicians in the US, a public health reformer, and the first female State Senator elected Read more... Health Ellen Lawson Dabbs, 1853-1908 A writer, women’s rights activist, one of the first female physicians in Texas, and one of the Texas Equal Rights Read more... Health Helen Rodriguez Trías, 1929-2001 Physician, educator, and advocate for women and children’s right to healthcare. The first Latina to be appointed as the chief Read more... Health Elizabeth Magnus Cohen, 1820-1921 The first woman physician in Louisiana. Born in NYC to Jewish parents of British descent. She married Dr. Aaron Cohen, Read more... Science & Technology Mae Carol Jemison, 1956 A physician, an engineer, and an astronaut who was the first African-American woman to travel in space. Born in Decatur, Read more... Health Susan Smith McKinney Steward, 1847-1918 The third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York State. Susan Maria Smith was Read more... Posts navigation 12Older posts
