Dr Marion Nute
Awarded her medical degree in 1897, Dr. Nute held the position of examining physician for entering Wellesley College students for 16 years and served on the staff of the New England Hospital for Women and Children for over 40 years.
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Dr Martha Ann Robinson Canfield
1800s American homeopathic physician and one of Cleveland, Ohio’s first women physicians
Anne Baker
1800s English linguist, natural historian and illustrator
Agnes Forneri
Canadian nurse
Agnes McIntyre
Canadian nurse, shelter superintendent, and police matron
Dr Amelia Yeomans
Canadian physician and social reformer
Helen Monkivitch
For 50 years, Sister Helen Monkivitchmade an exceptional contribution to health and aged-care services throughout Victoria, Australia.
Lillian Gordy Carter
Known to the public as “Miss Lillian,” President Jimmy Carter’s mother was politically active for decades before his election
Louise Purington
Louise Purington was an American physician who became a leader in the temperance movement.
Lucy Lincoln Drown
Superintendent of nurses at Boston City Hospital from 1885 to 1910.