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1600s midwife charged with witchcraft in 1648
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Louise Bourgeois Boursier
Louise Bourgeois was renowned for her skill as a midwife, with patients including French royalty in the early 1600s.
Jean Purdy
Embryologist and nurse Jean Purdy was a key contributor to the work that resulted in the birth of the first IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) baby in 1978.
Katharina Kepler
Katharina Kepler became a side character in her own trial for witchcraft in 1615 when her son, the well-known astronomer Johannes Kepler, famously defended her.
Dr Icie Hoobler
American chemist
Jacqueline Felice de Almania
Jacoba Felicie was an Italian healer in 1300s France, at a time when restrictions were being placed on who could treat people.
Dr Janet Mary Campbell
English doctor Janet Mary Campbell was forced to resign from her civil service job in 1934 when she married, after having worked with departments ranging from the Board of Education (their first full-time woman medical officer), the War Cabinet during World War I and the Ministry of Health.
Anarcha Wescott
Enslaved African-American woman who was medically experimented on
Betsey Harris
Enslaved African-American woman who was medically experimented on
Lucy Zimmerman
Enslaved African-American woman who was medically experimented on