Dr Anna Lee Fisher
NASA astronaut and medical doctor
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Dr Irena Grasberg Koprowska
1964: Dr. Irena Koprowska was the first woman appointed to a full professor at Philadelphia’s Hahnemann Medical College.
1966: Dr. Irena Koprowska co-authored a case report of the earliest diagnosis of lung cancer by a sputum smear.
Dr Jane E Hodgson
1970: Dr. Jane Hodgson was the first doctor convicted of performing an abortion in a hospital, when she challenged Minnesota law (Hodgson v. Minnesota).
Dr Steffie Woolhandler
1986: Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler helped found Physicians for a National Health Program, a not-for-profit organization for physicians, medical students, and other health care professionals who advocate a national health insurance program.
Jack Bee Garland
Assigned female at birth, Jack Bee Garland lived their life presenting as male, including serving as a medic during the Spanish American War and the aftermath of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake.
Dr Lucile Adams-Campbell
Researcher on cancer health disparities and prevention
Dr Anna Suk-Fong Lok
Researcher on viral hepatitis and early detection of liver cancer
Dr Jimmie Holland
Founder of psycho-oncology
Rear Admiral Alene Bertha Duerk
Rear Adm. Alene Bertha Duerk was the first woman promoted to admiral in the U.S. Navy in 1972.
Ann Bradford Stokes
After escaping from slavery in 1863, Ann Bradford Stokes was captured and taken aboard the Union hospital ship USS Red Rover. She volunteered as a nurse and became the first African-American woman to serve aboard a U.S. military vessel.