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Sara Josephine Baker Unknown photographer - U.S. National Library of Medicine http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101409664 She is shown in a formal three-quarter view, facing slightly to the side but looking directly at the camera with a confident and composed expression. Baker is wearing a tailored suit jacket, a collared shirt, and a tie—an outfit that was unconventional for women at the time, reflecting her progressive and professional identity. She is wearing round glasses, a common style among intellectuals and professionals of the early 20th century.

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Sara Josephine Baker Unknown photographer - U.S. National Library of Medicine http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101409664 She is shown in a formal three-quarter view, facing slightly to the side but looking directly at the camera with a confident and composed expression. Baker is wearing a tailored suit jacket, a collared shirt, and a tie—an outfit that was unconventional for women at the time, reflecting her progressive and professional identity. She is wearing round glasses, a common style among intellectuals and professionals of the early 20th century.
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American physician Sara Josephine Baker died #OTD in 1945.
In 1917, she noted that babies born in the United States faced a higher mortality rate than soldiers fighting in World War I, drawing a great deal of attention to her cause. She also is known for (twice) tracking down Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Josephine_Baker
#publichealth #preventive_medicine #womeninStem

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