Medical Women's International Association

Dr. Li Bi Leu, Dr. Dau Se Zals, Dr. Ida Kahn (l-r) at the First International Conference of Medical Women (1919)
The 1948 chairperson Anna Charlotte Ruys (left) with the founding ex-chair Esther Pohl Lovejoy (right)

The Medical Women's International Association is a non-governmental organization founded in 1919 with the purpose of representing female physicians worldwide. Esther Lovejoy was its first president.[1] The Association grew from an international meeting of medical women attending a YWCA meeting in America and a group of medical women in Britain, notably Dr Jane Walker.[2] Dr. Ida Kahn was one of the Chinese representatives at the International Conference of Medical Women (1919).[3]

  1. ^ "History - The Medical Women's International Association (MWIA)". mwia.net. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  2. ^ May Dickinson Berry, F. (15 March 1924). "Medical Women's Organizations. With Special Reference To The Medical Women's International Association". British Medical Journal. 1 (3298): 136–7. JSTOR 20436086.
  3. ^ The Woman's Medical Journal (February 1896). The Woman's Medical Journal. Vol. 5 (Public domain ed.). Recorder Publishing Company.