Connie. and I sent a landmark letter to the Acting Director of NIH. Dr. William Raub. requesting a public meeting to discuss how best to improve Federal research on womens health. We wanted all the key health people there: all 12 NIH Institute Directors. thenHHS Secretary Louis Sullivan. thenSurgeon General Antonia Novello. and the beloved Dr. Ruth Kirschstein. Let me speak a moment about Dr. Ruth Kirschstein. a woman who provided direction and leadership to NIH through much of the second half of the 20th century. She was a daughter of immigrant parents. She weathered disgraceful prejudice and stereotyping of women and Jews. But that didnt stop her.
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Mention of disgraceful prejudice and stereotyping of women and Jews.