Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance (1878-1959)
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Date: 1951
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5264
Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance (1878-1959), Cornell University, shown here in 1951 with her Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, was a pioneer in cancer treatment for women and had received the award jointly with Catherine Macfarlane. She earned an M.D. in 1902 but by 1908 had shifted from medical practice to research, becoming professor of pathology at Cornell University Medical College in 1920. In 1937, she founded the first cancer clinic focused on treatment of women.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5264
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1951
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5264]