Howell, Mary (1932–1998)
Howell, Mary (1932–1998)
American physician. Name variations: Mary Raugust Howell; Mary Raugust Jordan; (pseudonym) Margaret A. Campbell. Born Mary Catherine Raugust, Sept 2, 1932, in Grand Forks, North Dakota; died of breast cancer, Feb 5, 1998, in Watertown, MA; Radcliffe College, AB, 1954, University of Minnesota, MA, 1958, PhD in psychology, 1962, and MD; Harvard Law School, law degree,1991; m. Robert Jordan (div.); Dr. A. Ervin Howell; children: (1st m.) Nicholas Jordan; (2nd m.) Eve, Sarah, Samuel, Aaron and Eli Howell.
Feminist physician who advocated women's rights and improved health care, began working as a pediatrics instructor at Harvard University Medical School (1969), then as associate dean for Student Affairs (1972), the 1st woman to become an associate dean there, then as a member of the Medical School's Division of Medical Ethics (1992–94); practiced pediatrics in York, Maine (from 1975); served as an adoption agency executive director in Watertown, MA; wrote a column for Working Mother magazine (1977–87); also wrote (as Margaret Campbell) Why Would a Girl Go into Medicine? (1973) and Healing at Home (1978).