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She gave public lectures on sexual health at a time when there was little public discussion of any kind on the subject, and became Philadelphia's first woman physician in private practice, a role she maintained for forty years in spite of vocal, near-violent, opposition. Hannah Myers was born in 181

While she was still in medical school, Connie Myers Guion decided that "things ought to be decent" for patients. As Dr. Guion began practicing medicine in New York in 1917, however, she could see that medical treatment for the city's poorest residents was anything but decent. She eventually revoluti

In response, the United States government on November 7, 1837, empowered Stevenson, “to enter upon the negotiation of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and his Majesty the King of Greece.” In an earlier episode in April 1833, Great Britain, France, and Russia sent the Uni