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Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa tohunga, midwife, woman of mana
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Susie King Taylor
The first Black nurse during the American Civil War. Beyond nursing the wounded of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, she became the earliest African-American woman to self-publish her memoirs.
Marcella LeBeau
Prominent Lakota woman celebrated for her service as a nurse and military veteran.
Edith Pechey
Pioneering figure in the early history of women in medicine in the United Kingdom who made significant contributions to the advancement of women’s rights and played a crucial role in the struggle for women’s access to medical education.
Ella M S Marble
American physician who had a diverse career as a journalist, educator, and activist. Marble actively supported women’s interests and participated in various movements from an early age.
Dr Alice Bunker Stockham
Obstetrician and gynecologist from Chicago and the fifth woman to become a doctor in the United States.
Caroline Still Anderson
Pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African-American community and one of the first Black women to become a physician in the United States.
Claribel Cone
Claribel Cone significantly contributed to two distinct fields: biology and the patronage of modern French art.
Dr Isabel Morgan
American virologist at Johns Hopkins University who was key in developing an experimental vaccine that shielded monkeys from polio.
Justine Siegemund
Silesian midwife who wrote “The Court Midwife,” the first German medical text authored by a woman, in 1690