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Rowine Hayes Brown, MD — pediatric medicine

Courtesy Special Collections Department, Library of the Health Sciences, The University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Rowine Hayes Brown (1913–1999) studied law at night school to help her answer some of the legal and ethical questions she faced as a pediatrician. After graduating from law school in 1961, she became a leading advocate for children’s rights and in 1973, helped draft the first statutes dealing with child abuse in the history of Illinois law.

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