Historic Women in Public Health During Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month! Women have always been central to the history of health and medicine. They have been doctors, nurses, midwives, activists, and public health experts. Women have worked to heal patients, study diseases, and improve access to health care. The National Park Service has compiled a few of the women who have shaped American health history and places associated with them. Find out more about Dr. Virginia M. Alexander, who was a pioneering Black doctor and public health expert who studied racism in the healthcare system; Dr. Margaret Chung as the first Chinese American woman to become a physician, Dr. Marie Equi as a physician and activist and more women in public health.