Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was a feminist, suffragist, spy, prisoner of war and surgeon. She was a nonconformist, who...

Helen Rodríguez Trías (1929-2001) was the first Latina director of the American Public Health Association. She was a leading...

Helen B. Taussig (1898-1986) was one of the most renowned and distinguished doctors of the 20th century. Though she faced...

Florence Sabin (1871-1953) was one of the first American women to make a career as a research scientist. She was the first...

Lulu Hunt Peters (1873-1930) popularized a mathematical approach to weight loss. In doing so, she transformed modern diet...

Bertha Pappenheim (1859-1936) was a feminist, social pioneer, and the founder of the Jewish Women’s Association. She is...

Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) was the first African American to complete a professional training program and work as a nurse in...

Miriam Lee (1926-2009) was one of the pioneering acupuncturists in America, responsible for acupuncture being legalized in...

Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951) unknowingly shaped modern medicine.  For the last seventy years, scientists have used cells taken...