Vivia Belle Appleton, MD — pediatric medicine
Courtesy Hawaii Medical Library
Dr. Vivia Belle Appleton (1879–1978) spent her early career traveling the globe, working to improve the health of children and mothers. She served with the American Red Cross in France during World War I, endured a brutal winter supervising isolated hospitals in Labrador, Canada, and spent three years on a medical mission to China. Settling in Hawaii in 1925, Dr. Appleton practiced pediatrics there for the next fifty years, receiving widespread recognition for her medical work and community service.
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