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Sara Josephine Baker

1873 - 1945

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Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. Her fight against the damage that widespread urban poverty and ignorance caused to children, especially newborns, is perhaps her most lasting legacy. In 1917, she noted that babies born in the United States faced a higher mortality rate than soldiers fighting in World War I, drawing a great deal of attention to her cause. She also is known for (twice) tracking down Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sara Josephine Baker is the 683rd most popular physician (up from 690th in 2019), the 11,943rd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,429th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Sara Josephine Baker ranks 683 out of 726. Before her are Angeliki Panagiotatou, Thomas C. Jerdon, Jenő Kamuti, Jean Alexandre Barré, Thomas Starzl, and Bennet Omalu. After her are Samuel George Morton, Samuel Gridley Howe, Abraham Jacobi, Bert Vogelstein, Fe del Mundo, and Anders Nordström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Sara Josephine Baker ranks 203. Before her are Charles Clary, Herbert Roper Barrett, Dmitry Ushakov, Dorothy Richardson, Robert Wrenn, and Ellen Glasgow. After her are Alfred Bowerman, John W. Davis, Leo Amery, Louisa Garrett Anderson, Harry Solter, and Gauhar Jaan. Among people deceased in 1945, Sara Josephine Baker ranks 351. Before her are Hiram Johnson, Charles Sands, Willis Augustus Lee, Mark Sandrich, Joe Hunt, and Ellen Glasgow. After her are Robert Benchley, Toon Oprinsen, Albert Arnheiter, Nikolai Khmelyov, Eoin MacNeill, and Alfred E. Goodey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sara Josephine Baker ranks 11,945 out of 20,380. Before her are Kim Turner (1961), Catherine Coleman (1960), Soraya (1969), Marcella Detroit (1952), R. L. Burnside (1926), and John Smith (1965). After her are Robert Toombs (1810), Chris Christie (1962), Ryan Stiles (1959), Mike Colter (1976), Robert Benchley (1889), and Andrea Leeds (1914).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Sara Josephine Baker ranks 88. Before her are Denton Cooley (1920), Ellen S. Baker (1953), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), Robert Spitzer (1932), and Thomas Starzl (1926). After her are Samuel George Morton (1799), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Bert Vogelstein (1949), Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), Joycelyn Elders (1933), and Rachel Levine (1957).

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