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Elizabeth Karlin, MD — internal medicine

Courtesy Medical History Department, University of Wisconsin

As a physician and activist, Dr. Elizabeth Karlin (1944–1998) provided needed medical services, including abortion, to women. She persevered in the face of frequent threats to her life and her clinic in Madison, Wisconsin.

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