Dr Kazue Togasaki
Dr. Kazue Togasaki was one of the first Japanese American women to become a doctor in the United States.
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Dr Loy McAfee
Dr. Loy McAfee served as a contract surgeon with the surgeon general’s office of the U.S. Army during World War I.
Dr Maude Abbott
In 1936, Dr. Maude Abbott invented an international classification system for congenital heart disease, which became the definitive reference guide to the subject.
Dr Susan Howard
In 1902, Dr. Susan Howard was the first woman physician practicing in Burlington, Vermont.
Dr Ida Sophia Scudder
In 1902, Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder founded the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, India.
Dr Minnie Howard
In 1899, Dr. Minnie Howard was one of the few women physicians practicing in the American West around the turn of the century.
Lucy Ann White Cox
Lucy Ann White Cox was a vivandière during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Angela Russell
Irish physician and social reformer
Sarah Garland Boyd Jones
Sarah Garland Boyd Jones became the first African American woman to pass the Virginia Medical Examining Board’s examination.
Catherine Flon
Catherine Flon was a seamstress who famously sewed the first Haitian flag at the request of Dessalines, but she is also known for having nursed the sick and wounded after nearby battles.