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Manon Parry

Manon Parry is with the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Manon Parry, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg 38 Rm 1E 21, Bethesda, MD 20894 (e-mail: parrym@mail.nlm.nih.gov).

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AS A GIFTED PATHOLOGY fellow working with William Henry Welch at the turn of the 20th century, Dorothy Reed Mendenhall discovered a blood-cell disorder that is characteristic of Hodgkin’s disease. Later, her investigation of obstetrical practice inspired a landmark Children’s Bureau study on the impact of unnecessary medical intervention in childbirth. Despite such achievements, Mendenhall was often criticized by male colleagues who were unsupportive of her attempts to balance her career in medicine with motherhood and family life. Some considered her "an able woman who had married and failed to use her expensive medical education."¹ Yet the story of her . . . [Full Text]