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GREAT WOMEN OF MEDICINE PORTRAITS
One of Canada's first female physicians, Maude became an internationally known expert on congenital heart disease
Alice pioneered a treatment for leprosy before she died at 24
Harriet was Canada's female nuclear physicist
Marie, who pioneered work on radioactivity, was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
"Trudy" Elion created the first treatment for childhood leukemia and helped change the way drugs are developed
Among the first openly gay physicians, Marie was a leading figure in public health campaigns
Leone and her "Team Farrell" enabled the polio vaccine's mass production
Dorothy solved the atomic structure of penicillin and insulin
Frances single-handedly averted U.S. thalidomide tragedy
Jewish-Austrian physicist, Lise was instrumental in discovery of protactinium and nuclear fission
Revered 17th century midwife/healer, French-Acadian Marie-Henriette LeJeune Ross
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First Canadian female surgeon, Jennie performed the country's first major gynecological surgery
Sophia B. Jones, first Black Canadian woman to become a doctor
Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American medical doctor
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