Lives of women doctors focus of exhibit
Submitted on November 4, 2003 - 1:00am.
Crystal K. Wiebe - Fall 2003
BETHESDA, Md. - They have inspired. They have healed. They have saved.
Although they were long met by sexist resistance, generations of women physicians have persevered to change the face of medicine in America.
A new National Institutes of Health exhibition at the National Library of Medicine honors their contributions.
Unveiled in October, the huge interactive display shares the stories of more than 300 American doctors whose achievements helped break down gender barriers in their profession.
Jane Henney, 56, an oncologist and public health administrator from Cincinnati, is one of them.
Although they were long met by sexist resistance, generations of women physicians have persevered to change the face of medicine in America.
A new National Institutes of Health exhibition at the National Library of Medicine honors their contributions.
Unveiled in October, the huge interactive display shares the stories of more than 300 American doctors whose achievements helped break down gender barriers in their profession.
Jane Henney, 56, an oncologist and public health administrator from Cincinnati, is one of them.
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