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Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
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William Claire Menninger
American physician
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Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
“Lady with the Lamp”
Florence Nightingale
British nurse, statistician, and social reformer
Kenny, Elizabeth; Sister Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Australian nurse
Lillian D. Wald.
Lillian D. Wald
American sociologist
Mamie (“Peanut”) Johnson
Mamie (“Peanut”) Johnson
American baseball player
Archbishop-designate
Sarah Mullally
English bishop
Mary Ann Bickerdyke.
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
American medical worker
Sylvia Mendez
Sylvia Mendez
American civil rights activist and nurse
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Mabel Keaton Staupers
American nurse and executive
Mary Adelaide Nutting.
Mary Adelaide Nutting
American nurse and educator
Jane A. Delano
Jane A. Delano
American nurse and educator
Mary Breckinridge
Mary Breckinridge
American nurse
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Mary Jane Safford
American physician
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Sue Sophia Dauser
American nurse
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Grace Ogot
Kenyan author
Cleveland, Emeline Horton
Emeline Horton Cleveland
American physician
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Florence A. Blanchfield
American nurse and army officer
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole
Jamaican nurse