Elsie Scott
Publish health nurse for the San Juan Islands, a remote, rural archipelago in the Salish Sea of the Pacific Northwest between the Washington mainland and Canada’s Vancouver Island.
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Dr Eve Slater
In 2002 Eve Elizabeth Slater, M.D., became the first woman to become assistant secretary for health in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr Hannah E Myers Longshore
When Dr. Hannah Myers Longshore began a private practice in Philadelphia, in 1853, she was the city’s first woman doctor.
Dr Mary Dixon Jones
In 1888, Dr. Mary Dixon Jones was the first person in America to propose and perform a total hysterectomy for myoma (a tumor of muscle tissue) of the uterus.
Belinda Morieson
Belinda Morieson was Branch Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation, Victoria Branch (ANF(Vic)) from 1989-2001.
Dr Carolyn R Denning
1978: Dr. Carolyn Denning was the first woman to chair the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Medical Advisory Council and was the first to organize and initiate a multidisciplinary team approach to management of the disease.
Dr Charlotte Silverman
Dr. Charlotte Silverman built her career in epidemiology at a time when new developments in the filed brought many benefits and unkown risks. As an associate chief at the Food and Drug Administration she helped test and monitor these innovations and their long-term consequences.
Dr Edithe J Levit
1977: Dr. Edithe J. Levit was the first woman president and chief executive officer of a national medical association, the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Dr Constance Urciolo Battle
From 1973 to 1995, she served as chief executive officer and medical director of the Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, D.C.
Dr Anna Broomall
1888: Dr. Broomall established one of the first clinics for out-practice maternity care in the United States.