[News Release: California Woman Not First State Medical Society Head, March 23, 1971]

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Text of a news release from the Texas Medical Association listing female presidents of state medical associations to assert that claims by the California Medical Association that their president was the first woman to hold the office were unfounded. The list includes Dr. May Owen, president of the Texas Medical Association (1960-1961), the third woman on record for any state association.

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Texas Medical Association March 23, 1971.

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Text of a news release from the Texas Medical Association listing female presidents of state medical associations to assert that claims by the California Medical Association that their president was the first woman to hold the office were unfounded. The list includes Dr. May Owen, president of the Texas Medical Association (1960-1961), the third woman on record for any state association.

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[1] p. ; 28 cm.

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Texas Medical Association. [News Release: California Woman Not First State Medical Society Head, March 23, 1971], text, March 23, 1971; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth830295/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Medical Association.

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