Women have always been healers.

August 6, 2014 7:17 PM

Changing the Face of Medicine is an online exhibition from the National Library of Medicine, first published in 2003 but continuously updated, that honors the lives and achievements of American women in medicine. It is divided into sections (see the "more inside"), but you can also browse the biographies of the physicians alphabetically or by other criteria.

• Setting their Sights
  • Opening Doors
  • Challenging Racial Barriers
  • Confronting Glass Ceilings


• Making Their Mark
  • Caring for Communities
  • Making Discoveries
  • Enriching Medical Education


• Changing Medicine
  • Caring for People
  • Transforming the Profession
  • Taking the Lead


• Stories About Women Physicians Shared by Readers


• Resources

posted by ocherdraco (4 comments total)

This is great, a very well-done site. Thanks for posting it!
posted by languagehat at 9:14 AM on August 7, 2014

This is an excellent post (and perhaps another example of how the most absorbing posts sometimes attract the smallest number of comments?); thank you for this.
posted by jokeefe at 1:56 PM on August 7, 2014

Agreed. Thanks, ocherdraco.
posted by tangerine at 10:55 PM on August 7, 2014

This is so inspiring! Thanks ocherdraco!
posted by anitanita at 10:33 PM on August 8, 2014