Statistician who applied her skills to data coming from a wide range of topics relating to medical research. She devoted the latter part of her life to combatting the AIDS epidemic by constructing and carrying out surveys to establish the pattern of HIV infection in Britain.
Geochemist, metallurgist and expert on the effects of environmental chemicals and diet in cancers.
In 1891, Dr. Hurd-Mead established the Evening Dispensary for Working Women and Girls, the first institution in Baltimore to employ women physicians.
1800s American physician, suffragist and lecturer who also played an important role in the civic life of Boston.
Charlotte Feibelman (1868-1938) led Mt. Sinai Dispensary’s efforts to treat immigrants from 1903-1916, tackling crises like tuberculosis and the flu with innovative care.
Co-founded the American Journal of Nursing and the American Nurses Association
Mehitable Sunderland (1807-1901) is recognized as the first physician in Boston’s Hyde Park.
In 1933, was one of two women who graduated from Tufts Medical School. As a general practitioner and obstetrician, she delivered thousands of East Boston babies.
Mary Whitmarsh (1853-1943) was a pioneering pharmacist who owned and operated a drug store in Boston for over 20 years, earning acclaim as a chemist and druggist.
Anna Quincy Churchill (1884-1971) was a physician who served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine from 1918 to 1954.