American Medical Women's Association

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American Medical Women's Association

ORGANIZATION

"The American Medical Women's Association is an organization of 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women's health and the advancement of women in medicine... AMWA was founded by Dr. Bertha VanHoosen in 1915, at a time when women physicians were an under-represented minority."

Official Website:
http://www.amwa-doc.org/

Location:
Alexandria, VA

Founding Date:
1915

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Barbara McClintock Scientist 16-Jun-1902 2-Sep-1992 Discovered transposable genes

Mary Lake Polan Doctor c. 1943 OG Professor at Stanford

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