FLORENCE R. SABIN

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 11/9/1871     Death: 10/3/1953

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Florence Rena Sabin was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science, she was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. During her years of retirement, she pursued a second career as a public health activist in Colorado, and in 1951 received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award for this work.

NOTABLE WORK

WHY THEY MATTER

Florence R. Sabin was intellectually unique for her groundbreaking achievements in the field of medical science and her trailblazing role for women in academia. Her notable accomplishments include being the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Even in retirement, she continued her intellectual pursuits and advocacy work, earning the prestigious Albert Lasker Public Service Award in 1951 for her contributions to public health activism in Colorado.

FAMOUS QUOTE

I hope my studies may be an encouragement to other women, especially to young women, to devote their lives to the larger interests of the mind. It matters little whether men or women have the more brains, all we women need to do to exert our proper influence is just to use all the brains we have.Accepting thePictorial Reviewachievement award in1929.

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