Jessie M. Bierman
Jessie M. Bierman | |
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| Born | April 6, 1900 Egan Slough, Montana |
| Died | August 26, 1996 Maternity and Pediatrics Specialist |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate (Sc.D.) from the University of Montana (1967), Martha May Eliot Award from the American Public Health Association (1968) |
Jessie M. Bierman was born on April 6, 1900, at Egan Slough near Kalispell, Montana, to Henry and Alice Bierman. She received her bachelor of arts from the University of Montana in 1921 and got a medical degree from Rush Medical College of the University of Chicago in 1926. She earned a master of public health at the Institute of Columbia University fifteen years later.[1]
Bierman worked in private practice in
San Francisco, California, from 1927 to 1936 and also served as an instructor in pediatrics at the University of California School of Medicine. In 1936, Bierman returned to Montana to work as Director of Maternal and Child Health in the Montana Department of Health. She started well-baby clinics in Montana that were a model for such programs across the country.[1]
From 1938 to 1942, she worked with the
Geneva, Switzerland and was visiting professor of public health at the University of North Carolina.[1][4]
Bierman was the recipient of an
honorary doctorate by the University of Montana in 1967.[1] Jessie Bierman was the recipient of the Martha May Eliot Award of the American Public Health Association in 1968, "which honors extraordinary health services to women and children."[5] Bierman's career was especially pioneering in advancing maternity and pediatric care in underprivileged communities with her studies that analyzed the roles that social factors, such as poverty, cultural, ethnic, and geographic factors, had on pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal care on both the mother and the child.[6] Bierman's career contributions to public health, especially toward mothers and children, played a crucial role in lowering the maternal death rates and infant mortality rates nationwide.[7]
Bierman had a summer residence at Goose Bay on
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Archives West: Jessie M. Bierman Papers, circa 1890-1993". Orbis Cascade Alliance.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ a b "Obituary -- Jessie M. Bierman". SFGate. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Guests at Matrix Table to Hear Jessie Bierman". The Missoulian. March 16, 1958. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Reksten, Patty (November 28, 1971). "Personality Profile: Dr. Jessie M. Bierman". The Daily Inter Lake. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Previous Martha May Eliot Award Winners". American Public Health Association. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Jessie Bierman Recipient of Award". The Daily Inter Lake. Vol. 90. August 1, 1968. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Maternal Death Rate Last Year Lowest In Montana History". Great Falls Tribune. January 27, 1938. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
External links
- Jessie M. Bierman Papers, circa 1890-1993, University of Montana Archives and Special Collections
- The Children of Kauai: A Longitudinal Study from the Prenatal Period to Age Ten
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