Florence R. Sabin
(1871-1953)
American medical scientist
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Florence Rena Sabin (November 9, 1871 – October 3, 1953) was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science; she was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. During her years of retirement, she pursued a second career as a public health activist in Colorado, and in 1951 received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award for this work.
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9 November 1871 Central City, Colorado
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3 October 1953 (aged 81) Denver, Colorado
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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