THREAD: We've created a short #ThrowbackTuesday thread to celebrate women from history who have had a huge impact on health/medicine Grab a coffee and take a break while you read/watch, and take your mind off the current climate for a little while! #NOVID #CovidFreeContent

*There are millions of incredible women we could have included in this thread, but these are a few we thought you might not know or just want to find out more about!

Florence Nightingale: The founder of modern nursing.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: The first female doctor to qualify in England.

http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/elizabethgarrettanderson

Rebecca Lee Crumpler: The first African-American woman to become a medical doctor in the US.

Marie Curie: Conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Barbara McClintock: Discovered mobile genetic elements, or "jumping genes"

Helen O. Dickens: The first African American woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons.

https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_82.html