Anna Wessels Williams

Physician

1863 – 1954

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Who was Anna Wessels Williams?

Dr. Anna Wessels Williams worked as a bacteriologist at the first municipal diagnostic laboratory in the United States, helped develop the diphtheria antitoxin and was the first woman to be elected chair of the laboratory section of the American Public Health Association.

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Born
1863
Also known as
  • Dr. Anna Wessels Williams
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Hackensack
Died
1954

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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