Dr Marion J Finkel
Her work on the regulation of generic drugs and products for rare diseases helped make valuable treatments more available.
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Dr Mattie Rae Spivey Fox
Dr. Mattie Rae Spivey Fox made substantial contributions to the field of trace nutrient investigations and the work of the FDA in regulating food, and thereby advanced the health and well-being of the public.
Susan Ellenberg
When FDA and CBER created its own Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Ellenberg was selected as its first director, a position she held from 1993-2004. Her work at FDA was characterized by a commitment to vaccine safety accompanied by an insistence on more publications by regulators in professional journals to make clear not only what was known, but also what was not known, about the safety of children’s vaccines.
Dr Ruth L Kirschstein
In 1974 she returned to NIH as the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the first woman to hold an institute directorship, and in 1993 she became Deputy Director of NIH, a position she carried out for the next decade.
Sharon Smith Holston
When Sharon Smith Holston retired as Deputy Commissioner for International and Constituent Relations in 2001, she left a rich legacy of administrative service to the Food and Drug Administration.
Haben Girma
Haben Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Girma pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities.
Trixie Friganza
Famous vaudeville star and suffragist, inspiration for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Grace Thorpe
Native American rights activist and environmentalist
Rhodessa Jones
Using playwriting, acting, and directing, she has created her own brand of social work designed to empower incarcerated women and women with HIV.
Lena Morrow Lewis
Alaska’s male-dominated government passed women’s suffrage, but female leaders organized and lobbied to make voting rights a reality. Lena Morrow Lewis traveled around Alaska in the 1910s and spoke to large audiences in Fairbanks, Valdez, and Juneau about voting rights and other social reform issues.