HerStory in Medicine

5. Creative solutions and new approaches in medicine
7. Oncologist known as the “Mother of Chemotherapy”
10. A major discovery or advance in medical science
11. What pioneers leave behind to inspire future generations
14. First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
16. Scientist whose X ray diffraction images were key to discovering DNA’s double helix
18. Guiding others with vision and responsibility
19. First woman to win a Nobel Prize, pioneer of radiation research
20. Someone who forges a new path for others to follow

1. To give strength, confidence, and authority to others
2. First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
3. Fairness in access to healthcare for all populations
4. Practiced medicine in the British Army while disguised as James Barry
6. The central goal of medicine, restoring health and wholeness
8. The ability to recover quickly in the face of adversity
9. Speaking up for patients, communities, and equity in healthcare
12. RVU UT’s very own campus dean
13. Created a newborn health assessment score that bears her name
15. First Black woman physician in the United States
17. Taussig Founder of pediatric cardiology, helped develop the Blalock Taussig shunt