Hannah Glidden Myrick
Myrick earned a medical degree from Johns Hopkins in 1900. She practiced medicine in Boston and for a decade served as the superintendent of the New England Hospital for Women and Children (NEHWC).
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Ada A Achorn
American osteopath
Dr Fanny Berlin
Dr. Fanny Berlin (1852-1921) traveled from her home in Ukraine to medical school in Switzerland, one of the few medical schools that would accept women at the time. She emigrated to the United States right after graduating and worked at the New England Hospital for Women and Children, one of the few hospitals who treated immigrant women.
Jane Wadsworth
Statistician who applied her skills to data coming from a wide range of topics relating to medical research. She devoted the latter part of her life to combatting the AIDS epidemic by constructing and carrying out surveys to establish the pattern of HIV infection in Britain.
Jane Plant
Geochemist, metallurgist and expert on the effects of environmental chemicals and diet in cancers.
Dr Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead
In 1891, Dr. Hurd-Mead established the Evening Dispensary for Working Women and Girls, the first institution in Baltimore to employ women physicians.
Salome Merritt
1800s American physician, suffragist and lecturer who also played an important role in the civic life of Boston.
Charlotte Feibelman
Charlotte Feibelman (1868-1938) led Mt. Sinai Dispensary’s efforts to treat immigrants from 1903-1916, tackling crises like tuberculosis and the flu with innovative care.
Dr Marion Corleto Sabia
In 1933, was one of two women who graduated from Tufts Medical School. As a general practitioner and obstetrician, she delivered thousands of East Boston babies.
Mary Whitmarsh
Mary Whitmarsh (1853-1943) was a pioneering pharmacist who owned and operated a drug store in Boston for over 20 years, earning acclaim as a chemist and druggist.