Dr Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, author, elder and tribal council member Gladys Tantaquidgeon co-founded the Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, the oldest to be owned and operated by Native Americans, in 1931.
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Lucy Hobbs Taylor
The first woman to graduate from dental school and to receive a doctorate in dentistry.
Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati
Burmese-Indian cardiologist
Matilde Hidalgo
Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist, the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine.
Ruby Hirose
Biochemist whose research propelled the development of a vaccine for infantile paralysis, also known as polio, and advanced treatment for other diseases.
Dr Kadambini Ganguly
The first practicing female doctor in South East Asia
Lin Qiaozhi
20th century Chinese doctor
Dr Emily Stowe
Suffragist and the first female physician to practice medicine in Canada
Dr Dora Akunyili
Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria from 2001 to 2008
Franziska Tiburtius
1800s German physician