Rosalie Slaughter Morton, MD — public health, obstetrics and gynecology
Courtesy Rosalie S. Morton Papers, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton (1876–1968) was the first woman faculty member at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and one of the first at New York Polyclinic Hospital and Post-Graduate Medical School. She lobbied for the equal recognition of male and female physicians in war service, and served in European field hospitals during World War I.
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