ORGANIZATION

"The American Medical Women's Association is an organization of 10,000 women physicians and medical students dedicated to serving as the unique voice for women's health and the advancement of women in medicine... AMWA was founded by Dr. Bertha VanHoosen in 1915, at a time when women physicians were an under-represented minority."

Official Website:
http://www.amwa-doc.org/

Location:
Alexandria, VA

Founding Date:
1915

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara McClintock	Scientist	16-Jun-1902	2-Sep-1992	Discovered transposable genes
Mary Lake Polan	Doctor	c. 1943		OG Professor at Stanford

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