Women’s History Month: Medical pioneers

Mari Sandoz’s “Miss Morissa”

March is Women’s History Month. To note the occasion as the month draws to a close, UNMC Today offers this quiz on notable women in medicine, both nationally and in Nebraska. For answers, click on the links provided.

• Which Nebraska native was the first Native American woman to become a physician in the United States? See answer here.
• Which Omaha Medical College graduate — the first female graduate of the college — is frequently mentioned as an inspiration for the Mari Sandoz novel “Miss Morissa,” and possibly for “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman?”
  See answer here.

• What Civil War-era woman doctor is the only female recipient of the Medal of Honor? See answer here.
• Who was the first woman ever to receive a medical degree in the United States? See answer here.
• What UNMC College of Medicine graduate has become a well-known television medical expert?
  See answer here.