Medical Women's International Association

The Medical Women's International Association is a non-governmental organization founded in 1919 with the purpose of representing female physicians worldwide. Esther Lovejoy was its first president.[1] The Association grew from an international meeting of medical women attending a YWCA meeting in America and a group of medical women in Britain, notably Dr Jane Walker.[2] Dr. Ida Kahn was one of the Chinese representatives at the International Conference of Medical Women (1919).[3]

Dr. Li Bi Leu, Dr. Dau Se Zals, Dr. Ida Kahn (l-r) at the First International Conference of Medical Women (1919)
The 1948 chairperson Anna Charlotte Ruys (left) with the founding ex-chair Esther Pohl Lovejoy (right)

Congress of Medical Women

In 1954, the International Association of Medical Women promoted the realization of the first Congress of Medical Women, its president Ada Chree Reid visited Madrid and Barcelona, in this city she was received by the gynecologist Marina Soliva Corominas and a group of Catalan female doctors.[4]

Notable members

Presidents
  • Dr Esther Pohl Lovejoy (USA, 1919-1924)
  • Lady Florence Barrett (UK, 1924-1929)
  • Dr Lasthénie Thuillier-Landry (1929-1934)
  • Dr Alma Sundquist (1934-1937)
  • Dr Louisa Martindale (UK, 1937-)
  • Dr Charlotte Ruys (Netherlands, 1947-1950)
  • Dr Ada Chree-Reid (USA, 1950-1954)
  • Dr Jolanda Tosoni-Dalai (Italy, 1954-1958)
  • Dr Marion Hilliard (president-elect, died before being able to take office)
  • Dr Janet Aitken (UK, 1958-1962)
  • Fe del Mundo (Philippines, 1962-1966)
  • Lore Antoine (Austria, 1966-1968)
  • Lorna Lloyd-Green (Australia, 1968-1970)
  • Leone McGregor Hellstedt (Sweden, 1970-1972)
  • Alma Dea Morani (USA, 1972-1974)
  • Harumi Ono (Japan, 1974-1976)
  • Helga Thieme (Germany, 1976-1978)
  • Beryl Corner (UK, 1976-1980)
  • Joan Redshaw (Australia, 1980-1982)
  • Trinidad A. Gomez (Philippines, 1982-1984)
  • Beverly Tamboline (Canada, 1984-1987)
  • Fernanda de Beneditti-Venturini (Italy, 1987-1989)

Vice-presidents

References
  1. "History - The Medical Women's International Association (MWIA)". mwia.net. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  2. May Dickinson Berry, F. (15 March 1924). "Medical Women's Organizations. With Special Reference To The Medical Women's International Association". British Medical Journal. 1 (3298): 136–7. JSTOR 20436086.
  3. The Woman's Medical Journal (February 1896). The Woman's Medical Journal. Vol. 5 (Public domain ed.). Recorder Publishing Company.
  4. "The World Congress of Women Doctors" (PDF). Hemeroteca La Vanguardia. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  5. Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science. New York [u.a.]: Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 0-415-92038-8.


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