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Founded the American Red Cross at age 59. Acclaimed as “angel of the battlefield” during the Civil War. Established a new era of relief work and volunteerism, including medical care for victims of disaster. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay

First officially recognized nurse anesthetist, working at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. Her work began more than three decades before the first school of nurse anesthesia formed in 1909. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay

REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER, MD(1864) First African-American woman to earn a medical degree. Cared for freed slaves who did not have access to medical care after the Civil War. Published a medical book, Book of Medical Discourses. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay

First female surgeon in the U.S. Army. Volunteered to work on the Civil War battlefields caring for the wounded, 52nd Ohio Infantry. Taken prisoner in 1864. First woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay