Florence Sabin, PhD

(1871 – 1953)

A medical scientist and a pioneer for women in science.

The first woman:

•to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

•elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

•to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

•president of the American Association of Anatomists.

Alma mater  

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Smith College