Frances K. Conley, MD — surgery (neurology)
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Dr. Frances Conley (b. 1940) was first woman appointed to a tenured full professorship of neurosurgery at a medical school in the United States. In 1991, she risked her career when she drew public attention to the sexist environment which, she argued, pervaded Stanford University Medical Center.
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