Eleanor Bourne went into general practice in 1907 and served as physician to the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane. In 1911 she became medical officer for the Department of Public Instruction and worked for many years in child health, both in Australia and Britain.
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.
Dr. Christie Huddleston was a founding member of the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine.
Dr. Christine Cassel was the first woman chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the first woman president of the American College of Physicians and the first woman dean of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Callan was the first woman president of Lake County Medical Society and the first woman editor of a special edition of Connecticut Medicine.
American medical doctor
Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist
Boston’s first school nurse
Dr. Mary Amdur was a public health researcher who is known as the “mother of air pollution toxicology.”
June Halliday was appointed Member of the Order of Australia, 11 June 1990, for service to medical science, particularly in the field of biochemical research.