Martha May Eliot, MD (front row, center) — pediatric medicine, public health
Courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
Dr. Martha May Eliot (1891–1978), center front, was the only woman to sign the document creating the World Health Organization (WHO). She served as the assistant director general of the WHO before returning to work at the United States Children’s Bureau, a federal agency established to improve the health and welfare of American children.
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