Mary G Phillips

She graduated from the US Army School of Nursing in 1929 and was one of the school’s few alumnae to join the Army Nurse Corps.

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Katherine Leahy

She graduated from the Yale School of Nursing in 1934 and worked as a nurse in a hospital in Bridgeport, CT. Leahy enlisted in the Navy in 1943 because she thought “nurses would be needed” and that she could help.

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Betty Budlong

American who worked at Canyon de Chelly and El Morro National Monuments and published articles on Navajo ceremonies and dwellings

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Dr Mattie Rae Spivey Fox

Dr. Mattie Rae Spivey Fox made substantial contributions to the field of trace nutrient investigations and the work of the FDA in regulating food, and thereby advanced the health and well-being of the public.

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Dr Ruth L Kirschstein

In 1974 she returned to NIH as the Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the first woman to hold an institute directorship, and in 1993 she became Deputy Director of NIH, a position she carried out for the next decade.

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