SAVMA Honors National Women's History Month & International Women's Day

 

SAVMA is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women's Day.  In 2020, women made up 64% of employed veterinarians. While there are numerous notable women throughout veterinary history and present, we highlight a few firsts:

• Dr. Elinor McGrath is considered the first woman to practice veterinary medicine after earning her DVM from the Chicago Veterinary College (1910).
• Drs. Jane Hinton and Alfreda Johnson Webb are considered the first Black women to earn DVMs from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine (1949). Both women also became the first Black members of the Women’s Veterinary Medicine Association.
• Dr. Ethel Connelly was the first Native American woman to graduate with a DVM from Colorado State University (1989). She continues to serve the animals and people of the Blackfeet Tribe.

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Sources: MedVet, AVMA, Today’s Veterinary Practice, Colorado State University

National Women’s Equality Day 2020

The SAVMA Cultural Outreach Officers with the help of our Integrative Communications and Diversity Committee put together this incredible statement for National Women's Equality Day. 

Today, August 26th, 2020, SAVMA recognizes and celebrates National Women’s Equality Day. This day commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens on the basis of sex¹. As we acknowledge this milestone in our nation's history, we must also reflect on the current status of gender equality within the veterinary profession, as well as the ongoing needed efforts to address gender discrimination that continues to persist.

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