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Dr Janet Graeme Travell

Born: 17 December 1901, United States
Died: 1 August 1997
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Janet Powell

Janet Graeme Travell was an American physician and medical researcher. She was the first woman to be appointed as the presidential physician, by John F. Kennedy in 1961.

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