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Helen Octavia Dickens (February 21, 1909 – December 2, 2001) was an American physician, medical and social activist, health equity advocate, researcher, health administrator, and health educator. She was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons in 1950, and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Helen Brooke Taussig was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 24, 1898, to F. W. Taussig and Edith Thomas Guild, the youngest of four children. Her father was an economist at Harvard University, and her mother was one of the first students at Radcliffe College, a women's college.
Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...
The Quinlans published two books about the case: Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story (1977) [14] and My Joy, My Sorrow: Karen Ann's Mother Remembers (2005). [15] In 1976 The band Starz (formerly Looking Glass) wrote a song "Pull the Plug" from their 1st studio album, "Starz", that paralleled Quinlan's story.
In March 2000, Major's father allowed police to tap his telephone as he made a call to Major, who admitted guilt in the crime. [1] Major was promptly arrested. [3] He later confessed to police and stated he felt no remorse. Major's defense stated a stroke he suffered in 1995 caused him to be "delusional". [3] [6] Major was charged formally in ...
Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough lost two of her three sons to drug overdoses. Corey, at left, died in Feb. 2011, and Sean died in June 2021. Juaire attended an event Thursday at the Statehouse to ...
Veteran actress Liz Sheridan, best known for playing Jerry’s mother Helen on Seinfeld, has died at the age of 93, our sister site Deadline reports. Sheridan died overnight in her sleep of ...
Helen married John Derek Taylor-Thompson CB in late 1954. He was one of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inland Revenue. Helen's grandfather was Sir Alexander Glegg (1848 - 1933). Her mother, Helen Macdonald Glegg, died shortly after giving birth to her in Cambridgeshire. She had a brother, Stuart Alastair Laurie Walker, who was four years her ...