Rosalie Slaughter Morton

Rosalie Slaughter Morton
Born	Blanche Rosalie Slaughter (1872-10-16)October 16, 1872 Lynchburg, Virginia, US
Died	May 5, 1968(1968-05-05) (aged 91) Winter Park, Florida, US
Resting place	Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
Alma mater	Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Physician
Known for	Co-founder of the American Women's Hospitals Service and chairperson of the Public Health Education Committee
Spouse	George B. Morton Jr. ​ ​ (m. 1905; died 1912)​
Awards	Cross of Czar Nicholas II Joan of Arc medal Conspicuous Service Cross

Rosalie Slaughter Morton (born Blanche Rosalie Slaughter; October 16, 1872 – May 5, 1968)^[1] was an American physician, surgeon, and author. In addition to running her own medical practices, she became the first woman appointed as Attending Surgeon at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1916, and became the first chairperson of the American Women's Hospitals Service the following year. Morton served as a medic during the First World War, and was the first chair of the Public Health Education Committee. She was also one of the first women to join the faculty, and to later become a professor, at the Polyclinic Hospital of New York.

Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Morton studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania despite her family's expectation that she would aim to find a husband who could provide for her. She went on to conduct further study and research across Europe and Asia before returning to the United States to open her own medical practices.

In 1937 Morton published an autobiography – A Woman Surgeon: The Life and Work of Rosalie Slaughter Morton, and released a second book titled A Doctor's Holiday in Iran in 1940, both to positive reviews. She received a number of awards during her career, including the Conspicuous Service Cross. Rosalie Morton Park in Belgrade is named in her honor.