Audrey E. Evans was the 2005 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Evans specialized in pediatric oncology with a focus on "totoal care". Evans also built the present Cancer Research Center at The Children's Hospital of…
Dr. Myrtelle May Canavan, pathologist with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases and a member of the staff of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital, displayed enlarged photographs of fifty brains of criminals and feeble-minded individuals at the…
Black enamel compound monocular microscope with brass knobs and objectives used by Lynne M. Reid and S. Burt Wolbach before her. Nose-piece contains four objective lenses. Illuminator has aperture to control light levels. More modern wooden…
Carol C. Nadelson was the 2009 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Nadelson specialized in psychiatry. She is also an active leader in advocating for women and diversity in medicine.
Since 2005, the Archives for Women in Medicine has documented and celebrated the professional records of women leaders in medicine. To celebrate our anniversary, we’ll feature researchers who have used our collections to further the study and impact…
This Pyrex test tube contains crystalline proteolipid B that HMS Professor of Biological Chemistry Emeritus Marjorie Berman Lees (1923- ) isolated from brain white matter on July 12, 1949, early in her groundbreaking research with Dr. Jordi Folch-Pi…
Ear, nose and throat diagnostic set enclosed in wooden case with black cloth covering. Case interior is brown-orange baize. The case closes with a sliver metal clasp in front. Kit contains one silver metal otoscope, one black metal ophthalmoscope,…
Ellen R. Gritz was the 2008 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Gritz specialized in cancer research and behavioral science. Her work includes studying cigarette smoking behavior, skin cancer prevention, and quality of…
Black enamel compound monocular microscope with brass knobs and objectives. Circular mirror light scope. Three objectives attached to scope. Contained in wooden microscope case with brass handle. Case contains four objectives housed in interior…
Notation on the verso reads: "MEA near 1980. Florence said - take picture now - Implication: appearances will not improve! She is right. This is my formal portrait - to hang with my predecessors in my office, for better or worse, so be it."
Florence Haseltine was the 2013 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Haseltine works with health technology, including software, databases, webpages, and apps.
Six months before Dr. Bibring’s retirement, Beth Israel Hospital honored Grete’s service by commissioning a portrait of her. During the hospital’s annual dinner, Dr. Helen Tartakoff delivered a speech during the unveiling of the…
Full transcript from the oral history interview of Harry C. Bishop, M.D. for the Louise Schnaufer Oral History Project, conducted by Mindy Ehrhart and sponsored by the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine
Audio of the oral history of psychiatrist Dr. Carola Blitzman Eisenberg, conducted by Tacey A. Rosolowski . This oral history was made as part of the Renaissance Women in Medicine Oral History Project, sponsored by the Foundation for the History of…
Lynn Eckhert was the 2012 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Eckhert is the author of the play "A Lady Alone", as well as many publications on primary care, global health, and academic leadership.
Anna was a lifelong confidant of Grete’s. She traveled across the Atlantic often to visit with Grete and other friends. Anna proves to be a prominent figure in Grete’s collection of correspondence.