The Medical Women's International Association is a

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founded in 1919 with the purpose of representing female physicians worldwide.

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was its first president. The Association grew from an international meeting of medical women attending a

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meeting in America and a group of medical women in Britain, notably Dr Jane Walker. Dr.

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was one of the Chinese representatives at the

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. In 1954, the International Association of Medical Women promoted the realization of the first Congress of Medical Women, its president Ada Chree Reid visited Madrid and Barcelona, in this city she was received by the gynecologist Marina Soliva Corominas and a group of Catalan female doctors.

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External links

Medical Women's International Association website
International medical and health organizations Organizations established in 1919 Organizations for women in science and technology International medical associations {{Medical-assoc-stub