Dr Norma Spielman Wohl
American psychologist and medical doctor who researched cults
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Dr Beverley Taylor
Beverley Taylor’s research interests involve qualitative approaches to explore the human condition, as it relates to nursing practice.
Dr Carolyn Mountford
Australian researcher on the use of magnetic resonance to detect subtle chemical changes in body cells that are the precursor to cancer.
Ruth C Isaacs
One of the first African-American Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) to enter Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Katherine Horton
One of the first African-American Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) to enter Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Inez Patterson
One of the first African-American Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) to enter Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Dr Anna Lee Fisher
NASA astronaut and medical doctor
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.