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Helen B. Taussig, MD: A Pioneer in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease

Helen B. Taussig, MD: A Pioneer in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease

“Learn to listen with your fingers.”

Lesser-Known WomenLolly SpindlerMarch 17, 2020

Mildred Fay Jefferson, PhD: First Black Female Physician to Graduate from Harvard

Mildred Fay Jefferson, PhD: First Black Female Physician to Graduate from Harvard

“I am at once a physician, a citizen and a woman.”

Lesser-Known WomenLolly SpindlerFebruary 20, 2020