The Lady Doctor: 14 (Graphic Medicine)

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Women's History Month: The Hmong Nurses". Women's History Network. 29 March 2011 . Retrieved 21 October 2021. Ann Preston (1813–1872) was the first female to become the dean of a medical school [ Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP)] in 1866.

Begeny, Christopher T; Grossman, Rebecca C; Ryan, Michelle K (March 2022). "Overestimating women's representation in medicine: a survey of medical professionals' estimates and their(un)willingness to support gender equality initiatives". BMJ Open. 12 (3): e054769. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054769. PMC 8943774. PMID 35318233. You wouldn't want to trust just anyone with the most sensitive parts of your body. That's why you need to think carefully about your choice of an OB/GYN.Ana Galvis Hotz (1855–1934) was the first female doctor in Colombia. She was also the first Colombian woman (and first woman from Latin America) to obtain a medical degree. Oból Voansnac and Sofie Lyberth were the first Western-educated Greenlandic women to train as midwives in Greenland sometime in the early 20th century. [127] [128] Edna Adan Ismail (b. 1937) became Somaliland's first nurse midwife during the 1950s upon completing her training at the then-named Borough Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. [183] Former PNDC secretary Dr. Mary Grant is dead | General News 2016-09-19". 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 . Retrieved 17 July 2021.

Agnes Yewande Savage (1906–1964) was the first woman in West Africa to qualify in medicine [142] [143]

Bradley, Julia (29 May 2019). "Esther proud to work on cutting edge". Townsville Bulletin . Retrieved 18 July 2019– via PressReader. Yoshioka Yayoi (1871–1959), one of the first women to gain a medical degree in Japan; founded a medical school for women in 1900.

Jin Cody became the first (female) certified nurse-midwife in the Northern Mariana Islands in 2017. [231] Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915) was the first Native American woman to obtain a medical degree.U.S. Medical School Applicants and Students 1982–1983 to 2011–2012. aamc.org (Report). AAMC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014 . Retrieved 11 October 2015. Damaye Soumah Cissé, mother of the renowned educator and politician Jeanne Martin Cissé (1926–2017), was one of the first midwives in Guinea. [135] Laparoscopy Commentator: Sergelen Orgoi", Global Surgery and Anesthesia Manual, CRC Press, pp.221–236, 12 December 2014, doi: 10.1201/b17974-29, ISBN 978-0429156212 , retrieved 3 March 2022 Carreon, Bernadette (7 July 2020). "Palauan woman completes medical studies in Cuba". Island Times . Retrieved 6 October 2021. Adama Saidou is the first female surgeon in Niger, as well as the first female to lead a surgical department. [240]

Gertrud Jaron Lewis (2006). "Hildegard von Bingen". In Richard K. Emmerson; Sandra Clayton-Emmerson (eds.). Key Figures in Medieval Europe – An Encyclopedia. Great Britain: Routledge. pp.229–230. ISBN 978-0415973854. Kidane, Resoum (19 October 2007). "Development of Education during the period of Federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia (1952–1962)". www.ehrea . Retrieved 18 October 2021. At the beginning of the 21st-century in industrialized nations, women have made significant gains, but have yet to achieve parity throughout the medical profession. Women have achieved parity in medical school in some industrialized countries, since 2003 forming the majority of the United States medical school applicants. [42] In 2007–2008, women accounted for 49% of medical school applicants and 48.3% of those accepted. [43] According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 48.4% (8,396) of medical degrees awarded in the US in 2010–2011 were earned by women, an increase from 26.8% in 1982–1983. [44] While more women are taking part in the medical field, a 2013–2014 study reported that there are significantly fewer women in leadership positions within the academic realm of medicine. This study found that women accounted for 16% of deans, 21% of the professors, and 38% of faculty, as compared to their male counterparts. [45]Nursing a Nation: A tribute to Bhutanese nurses in appreciation of their services". World Health Organization: Bhutan. 2021.