Changing the Face of Medicine This site celebrates our finest female physicians and their impact on medicine over the last 200 years. Explore their achievements in the areas of birth control, breast cancer, and even the role of spirituality in medicine. In the 19th century, women had to fight hard to vanquish gender and racial barriers and attend medical school. Balancing career and family while faced with a glass ceiling was no easy feat. Yet perseverance led Marie E. Zakrzewska to found the first women-run hospital in Boston, and Helen Cordelia Putnam to champion neonatal care for low-income families. Their fresh perspectives led to widespread public health reform and groundbreaking work in internal medicine. Today, women occupy the highest ranks of medical administration and research, with Eleanor Gossard Shore at the forefront of gender equality in career development. As women take the lead, let's reflect on how they got there. (in Health > Medicine)
