Emeline Horton Cleveland (September 22, 1829 – December 8, 1878) was an American physician and one of the first women to perform major abdominal or gynecological surgery in the United States. She became one of the first woman physicians associated with a large public hospital in the United States, and she established one of the first nursing assistant training programs in the country.
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22 September 1829 Ashford, Connecticut, US
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Died |
8 December 1878 (aged 49) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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