Jane Plant
Geochemist, metallurgist and expert on the effects of environmental chemicals and diet in cancers.
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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.
Mary E P Davis
Co-founded the American Journal of Nursing and the American Nurses Association
Mehitable Sunderland
Mehitable Sunderland (1807-1901) is recognized as the first physician in Boston’s Hyde Park.
Dr Anna Quincy Churchill
Anna Quincy Churchill (1884-1971) was a physician who served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine from 1918 to 1954.
Armeda Gibbs
Gibbs was an abolitionist who helped escaped slaves. During the Civil War, she became the first female nurse for the Union.