Trailblazing Women in Healthcare

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Across
  1. 5. The first woman and the first Hispanic to serve as surgeon general of the United States
  2. 7. The first female U.S. Army surgeon
  3. 9. Developed the system used to assess the health of newborns, which is still used in hospitals today
  4. 10. The first Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree
  5. 11. Known for her work in advocating for safe and effective birth control beginning in 1916
  6. 12. The first female chair of the World Medical Association
Down
  1. 1. Referred to as “the lady with the lamp,” for her nighttime rounds to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War
  2. 2. The first woman to be elected president of the American Medical Association (AMA)
  3. 3. The first Native American woman in the United States to earn a medical degree
  4. 4. The first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree
  5. 6. The first African American surgeon general of the United States and the second woman to hold that position.
  6. 7. The first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society
  7. 8. Known for her humanitarian work and for founding the American Red Cross