Clara Barton
started the Red Cross
Elizabeth Blackwell
first woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree
Mary Breckinridge
pioneering American midwife
John Locke
British philosopher, medical researcher and physician, taught by his father until age 14
Florence Nightingale
Nurse
Susan La Flesche Picotte
first American Indian woman physician
Albert Schweitzer
Physician
Mary Walker
Civil War physician; recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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