Jessie Garnett
Boston’s first African American woman dentist
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Lucretia Crocker
As the first woman supervisor of the Boston Public Schools, Lucretia Crocker pioneered the discovery method of teaching mathematics and the natural sciences during her decade-long tenure, which began with her appointment in 1876.
Dr Lucy Ellen Sewall
Surgeon, and Resident Physician at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Roxbury from 1872-75.
Frances Slanger
The first American nurse in the European Theater to be killed in combat during World War II.
Frances Stern
One of the first nutritionists in the United States.
Dr Lillian Heath Nelson
In 1893, Dr. Lillian Heath became the first woman to practice medicine in Wyoming and one of the first women to practice medicine west of the Mississippi River.
Lilli Vincenz
German-American LGBTQIA+ rights activist
Harriot Curtis
National golf champion and skiier who, with her sister, opened the East Boston Dispensary, became a dean at Hampton Institute in Virginia and co-founded the Curtis Cup, the best known team trophy for amateur women golfers.
Harriet Boyd Hawes
Archeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes became the first woman to lead an archaeological expedition when she discovered the ancient town of Gournia on Crete. In later years she also served as a volunteer nurse during the Greco-Turkish War and World War I.
Sarah Parker Remond
International anti-slavery lecturer and activist for African American and women’s suffrage. Later, she moved to Italy where she became a medical doctor.