U.S. National Institutes of Health

Jean L. Fourcroy, MD — obstetrics and gynecology (reproductive endocrinology), surgery (urologic)

Courtesy Jean L. Fourcroy, MD, PhD, MPH

Dr. Jean L. Fourcroy (1930–2016) postponed studying medicine to support her husband’s career and raise a family. She was 42 years old and the mother of four teenagers when she began training as a physician in 1972, and went on to become a leading advocate for women in medicine and a nationally-recognized scientist and surgeon.

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