Dr. Ethel Collins Dunham
(1883 - 1969) U.S.A.
Pediatrician, neonatologist, and health educator
Dr. Ethel established standards for the care of newborns, both full-term and premature; director of child development of the U.S. Children's Bureau. In 1957 she was the first woman awarded the John Howland Medal, the American Pediatric Society's highest honour.
Dr. Ethel exerted wide influence through popular writing and lecturing on the practical applications of new knowledge and standards in infant care; she and fellow pediatrician Dr. Martha May Eliot enjoyed a 59-year relationship.
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