Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead, MD — public health, obstetrics and gynecology
Courtesy Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine
Dr. Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead (1867-1941) was a health care pioneer and an advocate for women in the medical profession. In 1891, she helped establish the Evening Dispensary for Working Women and Girls in Baltimore, Maryland, the first medical institution to employ women physicians in Baltimore. She was an avid promoter of the new maternal hygiene and infant welfare models, and a devoted supporter of women physicians. She also documented and wrote about the history of women in medicine.
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