Mary Elizabeth Richmond
Richmond published slim volumes of poetry in 1898, 1903 and 1942. She was a prolific writer of letters, articles and sermons, and of songs, plays and stories for children.
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Dr Judith Salmon Kaur
Dr. Judith S. Kaur has devoted her career to the improvement of survival rates for American Indians with cancer. Although she had planned to return to the reservation after medical school to practice medicine, she has instead devoted her career to scientific research. Fascinated with the study of cancer, she now makes her contribution to the health of American Indian populations at the forefront of medical science.
Dr JudyAnn Bigby
JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., served as director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women’s Health and is nationally recognized for her pioneering work educating physicians on the provision of care to people with histories of substance abuse.
Marion Dickerman
American political activist
Dr Helene D Gayle
Assistant surgeon general and rear admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Mary Patterson
In 1862, Mary Jane Patterson became the first African-American woman to receive a BA degree when she graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. degree and highest honors.
Dr Flavia Mercado
As a bilingual physician and educator, Dr. Flavia Mercado teaches the value of cultural competency. More than sharing a language, cultural competency requires that physicians are aware of cultural differences and treat all patients respectfully, an ideal Mercado instills in every medical student she teaches.
Nancy Cook
Activist for woman’s suffrage, protective labor legislation for women, the abolishment of child labor, and world peace.
Dr Elizabeth Theresa Lee-Ray
In 2002, she was named co-director of New York’s Hispanic Center of Excellence at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She also has worked to establish a self-sustaining peer-run network aimed at the Hispanic adolescent male, to promote health and prevent disease with community-based support.
Ada Florence Kinton
Canadian artist, teacher, Salvation Army officer, and newspaper edito