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STEVENSON, Sarah Ann Hackett (1841 – 1909)

STEVENSON, Sarah Ann Hackett (1841 – 1909)

1841 – 1909

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Photographer not named. · "The World's Congress of Representative Women : a historical résumé for popular circulation of the World's Congress of Representative Women, convened in Chicago on May 15, and adjourned on May 22, 1893, under the auspices of the Women's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary", by World's Congress of Representative Women, volume 1 (1894, Chicago, Ill., Rand, McNally ); Sewall, May Wright (editor) archive.org · Public domain

1880 CE

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The physiology of woman, embracing girlhood, maternity, and mature age, with essays on the "Coeducation of the sexes in medicine," "The physiological basis of education," "Temperance from a physician's point of view, and "A plea for moderation."

Stevenson was the first woman member of the American Medical Association (AMA), the first woman appointed on the Illinois State Board of Health, and the first woman to be on staff at the Cook County Hospital in Chicag…