Take a look into the top 10 notable women physicians who made significant access to medical education and medical work across USA.

1. TOP 10 NOTABLE WOMEN
PHYSICIANS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
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2. “The good physician treats the
disease; the great physician treats
the patient who has disease.”
– William Osler
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3. REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER
(February 8, 1831 - March 9, 1895)
The first African American woman to
become a physician in the United States
• The first African-American woman to
graduate from New England Female
Medical College
• Started practicing medicine for poor and
children and women for the first time in in
Boston
• Author of the Book of Medical
Discourses published in 1883, the first
medicine book to have been written by
an African American
• Winner of a tuition award from the Wade
Scholarship Fund
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4. VIRGINIA APGAR
(June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974)
• An American obstetrical anesthesiologist
and a scientist
• The first woman to work as a professor
at P&S
• The inventor of a way to quickly assess
the health of newborn known as Apgar
score
• Was advocate for universal vaccination
to prevent mother-to-child transmission of
rubella
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5. ELIZABETH BLACKWELL,
M.D.(3 February 1821 - 31 May 1910)
• The first woman to receive medical
degree from medical school in the US
• First woman to be on the Medical
Register of UK’s General Medical Council
• A pioneer of women education in the field
of medicine in the United States
• A social and moral reformer both in the
US and the UK
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6. EMILY BLACKWELL, M.D.
(October 8, 1826 - September 7, 1910)
• The second woman to get a medical
degree from the Case Western Reserve
University
• The third woman to graduate in the
United States
• Established New York Infirmary for
Indigent Women and Children together
with Elizabeth Blackwell and Marie
Zakrzewska in 1857
• Was in charge of managing the infirmary
and responsible for raining fund for the
infirmary
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7. SUSAN LAFLESCHE PICOTTE
(June 17, 1865 – September 18, 1915)
• An Omaha Indian doctor and reformer in
the late nineteenth century
• The first female Native American
physician
• An active social reformer who did
campaign for improvement of public
health
• Worked towards ensuring legal allotment
of land to members of the Omaha tribe
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8. MARGARET ABIGAIL
CLEAVES,
M.D.(November 25, 1848 – November 7, 1917)
• An American physician and scientific writer
• A pioneer of electrotherapy and
brachytherapy
• Instructor in the Electro-Therapeutics
department of the New York Post-Graduate
Medical School
• The first woman physician to practice
regular treatment of mental illness at the
State Hospital for the Insane, Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa
• She was the President of the Women's
Medical Society of New York
• A member of the American Medical
Association and the New York Electrical
Society
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9. MARY EDWARDS WALKER
(November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919)
• Popularly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker
• An American abolitionist, prohibitionist,
prisoner of war and Civil War surgeon
• The first and the only woman to ever get
the Medal of Honor
• Was included in the National Women's
Hall of Fame in 2000
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10. ANNIE LOWRIE
ALEXANDER(January 10, 1864 – October 15, 1929)
• An American physician and educator
• The first female physician to receive
practice license in the Southern United
States
• She was the president of the
Mecklenburg Medical Society
• Served as a member of the Charlotte
Woman's Club, the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
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11. JANE ELIZABETH
HODGSON
(January 23, 1915 – October 23, 2006)
• An American obstetrician and
gynecologist
• Co-founder of the Duluth Women's
Health Center
• An advocate for women's rights who
stood against the state laws that
restricted women from abortion
• She was also the only person ever to be
convicted for performing an abortion in a
hospital in US
• The first physician receive mention in the
International Women in Medicine Hall of
Fame in 2001
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12. MAE CAROL
JEMISON(October 17, 1956 - present)
• An American physician and NASA
astronaut
• First African American woman to travel to
space and be a part of a space shuttle
Endeavor
• Holds nine honorary doctorate degree in
several fields including science,
engineering, letters, and the humanities
• At present, she is the principal of the 100
Year Starship organization.
• Ranks 99 on ‘The Most Inspiring (Non-
Hollywood) Female Role Models’
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