Distinguished Women of Past and Present
| Search Distinguished Women |
Custom Search
|
| Health and Medicine |
 ShareThis
|
Maude Abbott 1869-1940 From: Canada Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: physician, doctor, specialist in congenital heart disease Caroline Still Wiley Anderson 1848-1919 From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: physician, doctor, educator Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1836-1917 From: United Kingdom Fields: Health and Medicine, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: first female physician in England, first female mayor in England Virginia Apgar 1909-1974 From: United States: New Jersey, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: anesthesiologist, neonatologist, developed the Apgar score for newborns Sarah G. Bagley 1806-1847? From: United States: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Ellen S. Baker 1953- From: United States: New York, North Carolina, Texas Fields: Aviation and Space Exploration, Health and Medicine Sara Josephine Baker 1873-1945 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Health and Medicine, Sociology/Social Work Martha Ballard c.1735-1812 From: United States: Maine, Massachusetts Fields: Health and Medicine Josephine Barnes 1912-1999 From: United Kingdom Fields: Health and Medicine Elizabeth Barrett-Conner From: United States: California, Illinois Fields: Health and Medicine Emily Dunning Barringer 1876-1961 From: United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights Clara Barton 1821-1912 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Health and Medicine Patricia Bath 1942- From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine, Invention Key Words/Phrases: holds four patents for medical devices Mary Ann Bickerdyke 1817-1901 From: United States Fields: Health and Medicine, Military and Warfare Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910 From: United Kingdom, United States: New York, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Health and Medicine Emily Blackwell 1826-1910 From: United Kingdom, United States: Maine, New York, Ohio Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Mary Breckinridge 1881-1965 From: United States: Kentucky Fields: Health and Medicine Dorothy Lavinia Brown 1919-2004 From: United States: Pennsylvania, Tennessee Fields: Government and Politics, Health and Medicine Gro Harlem Brundtland 1939- From: Norway Fields: Health and Medicine Vivian Bullwinkel 1915-2000 From: Australia Fields: Health and Medicine, Military and Warfare Key Words/Phrases: nurse, military nurse, prisoner of war Mary S. Calderone 1904-1998 From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine Alexa Canady 1950- From: United States: Michigan Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Elaine Carter From: United States Fields: Health and Medicine Edith Louisa Cavell 1865-1915 From: United Kingdom Fields: Health and Medicine May Edward Chinn 1896-1980 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Rebecca J. Cole 1846-1922 From: United States: Pennsylvania, South Carolina Fields: Health and Medicine Gerty Cori 1896-1957 From: Czech Republic, United States: Missouri Fields: Health and Medicine Rebecca Lee Crumpler 1831-1895 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Health and Medicine Jane Delano 1862-1919 From: United States: Florida, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Health and Medicine, Military and Warfare Dorothea Dix 1802-1887 From: United States: Illinois, Maine, New Jersey Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Gladys Ward Dunn 1907-1980 From: United States: New Hampshire, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Cassandra Pickett Durham 1824-1885 From: United States: Georgia Fields: Health and Medicine M. Joycelyn Jones Elders 1933- From: United States: Arizona Fields: Health and Medicine Gertrude Belle Elion 1918-1999 From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine Eka Esu-Williams 1950- From: Nigeria Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Health and Medicine Justina Ford 1871-1952 From: United States: Colorado, Illinois Fields: Health and Medicine Charlotte Friend 1921-1987 From: United States: New York Fields: Biology, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: virologist, virus-cancer connection Patricia Goldman-Rakic 1937-2003 From: United States: Connecticut, Massachusetts Fields: Biology, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: neurobiologist, memory Alice Hamilton 1869-1970 From: United States: Illinois, Massachusetts, New York Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: founder of occupational medicine and toxicology, professor Bernadine Healy 1944-2011 From: United States: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Washington DC Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: doctor, physician, cardiologist, NIH, Red Cross Hildegard of Bingen 1098-1179 From: Germany Fields: Biology, Education, Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Other Key Words/Phrases: mystic, nun, abbess, counselor, scientist, composer, polymath Mae C. Jemison 1956- From: United States: Illinois, New Hampshire Fields: Aviation and Space Exploration, Health and Medicine Elizabeth Kenny 1886-1952 From: Australia, United States: Minnesota Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: nurse, pioneering physical therapist Mary-Claire King 1946- From: United States: Illinois, Washington Fields: Biology, Health and Medicine, Invention Key Words/Phrases: geneticist, studies HIV, lupus, breast and ovarian cancer genes Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 1926-2004 From: Switzerland, United States: Arizona, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: specialized in terminally ill patients Nella Larsen 1893-1964 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry Rita Levi-Montalcini 1909- From: Italy, United States: Missouri Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: neurologist, Nobel Prize, nerve growth factor Dame Jean Macnamara 1899-1968 From: Australia Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: physician, doctor, scientist Mary Eliza Mahoney 1845-1926 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: the first African-American registered nurse Sophie Mannerheim 1863-1928 From: Finland Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: pioneer of nursing J. Nozipo Maraire 1966- From: Zimbabwe, United States: Connecticut, Massachusetts Fields: Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry Bridget Mason 1818-1891 From: United States: California, Mississippi Fields: Business and Finance, Health and Medicine, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: former slave, nurse/midwife, real estate owner, philanthropist Susan Maria Smith McKinney-Steward 1847-1918 From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine Ruth Ella Moore 1903-1994 From: United States: Massachusetts, Ohio, Tennessee Fields: Biology, Education, Health and Medicine Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 From: Italy, United Kingdom Fields: Education, Health and Medicine, Mathematics Key Words/Phrases: nurse, statistician, Crimean War, nurse training Christiane Northrup From: United States: Maine Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: physician, doctor, gynecologist Antonia Novello 1944- From: Puerto Rico, United States Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: doctor, physician, Surgeon General, Public Health Service Molly Ockett ca. 1744-1816 From: United States: Maine Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: healer Grace Ogot 1930- From: Kenya Fields: Government and Politics, Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry Gisella Perl 1907-1988 From: Hungary, Israel, Romania, United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: gynecologist, inmate concentration camp doctor Susan La Flesche Picotte 1865-1915 From: United States: Nebraska Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: the first American Indian woman doctor, physician, teacher Joan Miller Platt 1925-1998 From: United States: Florida, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: doctor, physician, surgeon Helen C. Putnam 1857- From: United States: Minnesota, Rhode Island Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: doctor, gynecologist Linda Richards 1841-1930 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: nurse, founded nursing schools Rachel Robinson 1922- From: United States: California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Nawal El Saadawi 1931- From: Egypt Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry Florence Sabin 1871-1953 From: United States: Colorado Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Health and Medicine Margaret Sanger 1879-1966 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Mary Jane Seacole 1805-1881 From: Jamaica Fields: Health and Medicine Jean Ann Seago From: United States: California Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Margaret Rhea Seddon 1947- From: United States: Tennessee Fields: Aviation and Space Exploration, Health and Medicine Anna Howard Shaw 1847-1919 From: United Kingdom, United States: Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: women's suffrage, minister, physician Ellen Kovner Silbergeld 1945- From: United States: Maryland, Washington DC Fields: Engineering, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: toxicology, environmental health Sarah Stewart 1905-1976 From: Mexico, United States: Washington DC Fields: Biology, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: cancer researcher, oncologist Helen Brooke Taussig 1898-1986 From: United States: Maryland, Massachusetts Fields: Health and Medicine Lucy Hobbs Taylor 1833-1910 From: United States: Kansas, Michigan, New York, Ohio Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Claudia Thomas Carty From: United States: Maryland, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: doctor, orthopedic surgeon Trotula of Salerno 11th Century A.D.- From: Italy Fields: Education, Health and Medicine Jennie Kidd Trout 1841-1921 From: United Kingdom, United States: Florida Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: physician, doctor Irene Ayako Uchida 1917- From: Canada Fields: Biology, Health and Medicine Nora Volkow 1956- From: Mexico, United States: Maryland Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: director of National Institute on Drug Abuse Florence Wald 1917-2008 From: United States: Connecticut, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Lillian D. Wald 1867-1940 From: United States: New York, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Mary Edwards Walker 1832-1919 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights Georgia E. Patton Washington 1864-1900 From: United States: Tennessee Fields: Health and Medicine Faye Wattleton 1943- From: United States: Missouri, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Annie Dodge Wauneka 1910-1997 From: United States: Arizona Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: served on the Navajo Tribal Council, health activist, Medal of Freedom Nancy Wexler 1945- From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine, Psychology Anna Wessels Williams 1863-1954 From: United States: New Jersey, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Jane Wright 1919- From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine Rosalyn Sussman Yalow 1921- From: United States: New York Fields: Health and Medicine, Physics Rachelle Slobodinsky Yarros 1869-1946 From: Russia, United States: Illinois, Massachusetts, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska 1829-1902 From: Germany, United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Health and Medicine Key Words/Phrases: physician, doctor, educator, established a medical school and hospital Huda Y. Zoghbi From: Lebanon, United States: Texas Fields: Health and Medicine |
Thank you for clicking on the ads every time you visit to help pay for this site!