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.
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Justina Ford, 1871-1952
The first licensed African-American female doctor in Denver, Colorado.
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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 in the US.
Category: Health, Politics & Leaders, Activism & Feminism. -
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 Association’s founders.
Category: Health, Activism & Feminism, Media, Politics & Leaders. -
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 of the American Public Health Association.
Category: Health, Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism. -
Elizabeth Magnus Cohen, 1820-1921
The first woman physician in Louisiana.
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Mae Carol Jemison, 1956
A physician, an engineer, and an astronaut who was the first African-American woman to travel in space.
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Susan Smith McKinney Steward, 1847-1918
The third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York State.
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Charlotte Blake Brown, 1846-1904
A medical pioneer in late 19th century West Coast.
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Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, 1829-1902
A pioneering female doctor and educator of female physicians.
Category: Health, Activism & Feminism.