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Women Inspiring Hope and
Possibility in Health

March is National Women’s History Month. During this month, we celebrate women whose contributions have impacted the lives of people in the past, present, and future. Many individuals have made significant contributions to health, though we have highlighted just a few of them here.

Below are selected female pioneers in health who have inspired hope and possibility through their work in helping people live safer and healthier lives. Learn about their contributions, CDC activities that build on their contributions, and health tips and information related to infectious disease, birth defects, occupational health, and more.

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Female Pioneers in Health



		Hattie Elizabeth Alexander www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/history/alexander.htm 1901-1968 Meningitis

		Virginia Apgar www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/history/apgar.htm 1909-1974 Maternal and child health

		Sara Josephine Baker www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/history/baker.htm 1873-1945 Preventive medicine and public health

		Alice Hamilton www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/history/hamilton.htm 1869-1970 Occupational health

		Lillian Wald www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/history/wald.htm 1867-1940 Public health nursing

Related Links A Century of Women's Health: 1900-2000 http://www.4woman.gov/TimeCapsule/century/ (Non-CDC site) All the Stages of Our Lives: Highlights of CDC/ATSDR's Approach to Women’s Health http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/allstages.htm CDC's Global Health Odyssey http://www.cdc.gov/global/ Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine (Non-CDC site) DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Museum of Medical Research http://history.nih.gov (Non-CDC site) Epidemic Intelligence Service: CDC's Disease Detectives http://www.cdc.gov/eis/about/profiles.htm National Women's History Project* http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html (Non-CDC site) Presidential Proclamation, Women’s History Month, 2004 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040306-4.html (Non-CDC site) Timeline of CDC/ATSDR Contributions to Women's Health http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/contrib.htm Women's Health Project http://www.whealth.org (Non-CDC site) *Used as a source for this Web page.

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This page last reviewed March 24, 2004
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/od/spotlight/nwhw/history.htm

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