Sara Josephine Baker (deceased)
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
DOB: 15 November 1873
RIP: 22 February 1945
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Doctor, public speaker, teacher, writer
Note 1: Notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. Known for (twice) tracking down Mary Mallon, the infamous index case known as Typhoid Mary
Note 2: Baker aided in the prevention of infant blindness, caused by gonorrhea bacteria transmitted during birth. To prevent blindness, babies were given drops of silver nitrate in their eyes. Before Baker arrived, the bottles in which the silver nitrate was kept would often become unsanitary, or would contain doses that were so highly concentrated that they would do more harm than good. Through Josephine Baker's efforts, infants were much safer than they had been the previous year; blindness decreased from 300 babies per year to 3 per year within 2 years.
Note 3: Became the first woman to be a professional representative to the League of Nations when she served on the Health Committee for the United States from 1922 to 1924. Became the President of the American Medical Women's Association and wrote four books, an autobiography, and 250 articles across the professional and popular press
Note 4: Spent much of the later part of her life with Ida Alexa Ross Wylie,who identified as a "woman-oriented woman."
