Florence Sabin

Dr. Florence Sabin
Public Health Physician
1871 - 1953
Inducted 1985

From humble beginnings in Central City, Dr. Florence Sabin built a distinguished career as a medical research scientist at a time when women doctors were rare.

After Sabin graduated as the first woman from Johns Hopkins in 1900, she researched blood vessels and cells, the brain’s histology, tuberculosis’ pathology and immunology, and the lymphatic system. Sabin became a pioneer public health advocate in 1944, lobbying fiercely for passage of “Sabin’s Health Laws” which modernized Colorado’s public health system. Dr. Sabin’s extraordinary contributions to medical research and public health are honored by her inclusion in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.

“It matters little whether men or women have more brains; all we women need to do to exert our proper influence is just to use all the brains we have." — Florence Sabin, 1929