Dorothy Reed Mendenhall

Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall
Born	Dorothy Mabel Reed (1874-09-22)September 22, 1874 Columbus, Ohio
Died	July 31, 1964(1964-07-31) (aged 89) Chester, Connecticut
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery
Alma mater	Smith College Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Spouse	Charles Elwood Mendenhall ​ ​ (m. 1906; died 1935)​
Children	4, including Thomas C. Mendenhall

Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall (September 22, 1874 – July 31, 1964) was a prominent pediatric physician specializing in cellular pathology. In 1901, she discovered that Hodgkin's disease was not a form of tuberculosis, by noticing the presence of a special cell, the Reed–Sternberg cell which bears her name.^[1] Dorothy was one of the first women to graduate from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She was also one of the first professionally trained female physicians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.