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Mabel Keaton Staupers worked to pressure the Army to admit black women into the Army Nurse Corps, which they finally did in 1941. [53] Velma Scantleburry-White is the first African-American female transplant surgeon in the United States [143] Rosalyn P. Scott in 1977 became the first African American woman trained in the practice of thoracic ...
Scholars in the history of medicine had developed some study of women in the field—biographies of pioneering women physicians were common prior to the 1960s—and study of women in medicine took particular root with the advent of the women's movement in the 1960s, and in conjunction with the women's health movement. [citation needed]
Michelle Lincoln (fl. 1997), medical researcher specializing in health service delivery in rural communities; Jessica Melbourne-Thomas (born 1981), marine ecologist and ecosystem modeller with the Australian Antarctic Division; Sue O'Connor Australian archaeologist, discovered the world's oldest fish hooks which were found in an adult female's ...
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
Marianne Lindsten-Thomasson (1909–1979) — Sweden's first female district medical officer during the 1940s Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909) — based his system of criminology on physiognomy John McAndrew (1927–2013) — All-Ireland Gaelic footballer
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Category: Women in medicine. 10 languages. ... Women in Global Health; Women Leaders in Global Health Conference; Women of Mayo Clinic; Women's medicine in antiquity;