Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner (sometimes Sams-Turner; March 13/18, 1859 – July 10, 1915) was an American physician, who also taught school, and was a frequent contributor to the public press. Turner practised medicine in Colfax, Iowa, from March, 1884. She was a member of the Iowa State Medical Society; Iowa Public Health Association, having been the first woman admitted to membership, in 1890, of the State Library Association; Colfax Public Library Association, secretary four years, 1893–97; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Woman's Relief Corps; Rathbone Sisters; and was health officer of Colfax, 1886–87.
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13 March 1859 Mingo, Iowa, U.S.
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10 October 1915 (aged 56)
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