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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

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