Several months ago, I bought a charcoal drawing (or maybe its a lithograph, I have no idea) at an antique mall in St. Louis. I’m hoping you guys may be able to help me track down its provenance or maybe direct me to someone who can. (I know NOTHING about art.) I have no idea […]
September is the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Women in Medicine Month, which celebrates the accomplishments of, and showcases advocacy for, female physicians, while also highlighting health issues impacting female patients. Did you know that the AMA, which was founded in 1874, didn’t have its first female president until 1998? It didn’t even have any female […]
August 1 was the anniversary of Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) Mahoney becoming the first Black woman to graduate from an American school of nursing. She’s considered the first officially trained Black nurse in the United States. Early Life Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in April or May of 1845 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to parents who were […]
March is National Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Equality Day. Despite representing 50.8% of people in the United States[1] and coming a long way since our nation’s founding, women are still considered a minority group. That is because, like people of color of both sexes, they have fewer rights compared to […]
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