Dr Margaret Craighill
In 1943, Dr. Margaret Craighill was the first woman to become a commissioned officer in the United States Army.
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Dr Rhea Seddon
Astronaut and medical doctor
Dr Vera Scantlebury Brown
Australian doctor; director of the Victorian Health Department’s section of infant welfare 1926-1946. She wrote books on the care of infants and young children and her 1937 report for the National Health and Medical Research Council prompted government funding of the Lady Gowrie Child Centres.
Dr Christyl C Johnson
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate
Dr Ruth Bishop
Professor Ruth Bishop was the first person to discover the virus that causes gastroenteritis in the 1970s.
Dr Misty Jenkins
Dr Jenkins is a woman of Gunditjama descent and an advocate for gender equity, Aboriginal health and education.
Dr Kate Pelham Newcomb
In 1949, Dr. Newcomb marshaled the community to raise funds for a hospital in rural Wisconsin, to improve the medical care available to all residents.
Dr Margaret Irving Handy
The first doctor specializing in pediatrics to practice in Delaware
Dr MaryAnn Bin-Sallik
Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik was a proud Djaru Elder and the first Indigenous Australian woman to receive a doctorate, in 1989
Dr Myrtelle Canavan
In 1931, Dr. Myrtelle Canavan discovered the condition now known as “Canavan’s disease,” a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by spongy changes in the brain.