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Trota or Trotula
Profile of Trotula or Trota, a medieval woman physician whose texts on gynecology and obstetrics were widely used for several hundred years in Europe.

Agnodice - Woman Doctor of Classical Greece
A profile of Agnodice, gynecologist in Athens in the 4th century BCE.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Sister of suffrage activist Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman physician in Great Britain. She overcame much opposition to win her license.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - 1911 Biography
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was a pioneer female physician who practiced in London. This biographical sketch was published in 1911.

Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar biography: profile of the woman who pioneered in newborn health.

Elizabeth Blackwell
Biography plus an index to other resources on this site about the first woman medical doctor of the modern era. From your About Women's History Guide.

Boston Female Medical College - Education of Women Physicians
Boston Female Medical College: A brief history of this early womens medical school, with links for more information.

Anna Howard Shaw Quotes
Quotations from Anna Howard Shaw, a physician and minister who was also a prominent woman suffrage activist.

About Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson
Physician and medical teacher, she also authored a book for children on biology.

Mary Edwards Walker
Dr. Mary Walker was an unconventional woman. At the start of the Civil War, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker volunteered with the Union Army and adopted men's clothing. She was at first not allowed to work as a physician, but as a nurse and as a spy. She finally won a commission as an army surgeon. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service -- it was taken away in 1917 and finally restored in 1977.

Women: Nursing, Medicine
An interesting insight into the view of women physicians as noted in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

Emily Blackwell
Biography of Emily Blackwell from the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Roberta Lynn Bondar
Official NASA profile of Roberta Lynn Bondar, a Canadian astronaut, neurologist, and research scientist. As a payload specialist, Bondar conducted experiments aboard space shuttle Discovery in January, 1992.

The Female Physician
No, not a woman who was a physician, but a book about diseases of women, published in 1724 and written by John Maubray. Eight pages from the document are included on this site -- click a thumbnail for a readable view of any of the pages.

Grace Marilynn James (1923-1989)
Louisville, Kentucky, African American pediatrician: brief biography of James, plus a guide to library's collection of her papers.

Dr. Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
An early woman physician and surgeon, Dr. Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier was inspired to atttend medical school by the example of Elizabeth Blackwell. She opened and supported the Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital for Women in New York, training more women for the medical profession.

Pioneering Women Otolaryngologists
An introduction to the history of women in otolaryngology begins with a review of medical education for women.

With High Hopes: Women Contract Surgeons in World War I
Article from Minerva (Quarterly Report on Women and the Miiitary) on female doctors during World War I.

Women Physicians' Autobiographies
A bibliography of (print) autobiographies of women physicians -- surprisingly extensive list of pioneering female doctors who wrote their own life stories.