Jane Elizabeth Hodgson facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jane Elizabeth Hodgson
Born	(1915-01-23)January 23, 1915 Crookston, Minnesota
Died	October 23, 2006(2006-10-23) (aged 91) Rochester, Minnesota
Occupation	Physician, obstetrician, gynecologist
Spouse(s)	Frank W. Quattlebaum

Jane Elizabeth Hodgson (January 23, 1915, Crookston, Minnesota – October 23, 2006, Rochester, Minnesota) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. Hodgson received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College and her M.D. from the University of Minnesota. She trained at the Jersey City Medical Center and at the Mayo Clinic.

Hodgson's 50-year career focused on providing reproductive health care to women. She opened her own clinic in St Paul, Minnesota and co-founded the Duluth Women's Health Center. In addition to providing medical care to women, Hodgson was also an advocate for women's rights.

Education and career

Hodgson received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Carleton College in 1934 and her medical degree from the University of Minnesota in 1939. Hodgson met her future husband, Frank W. Quattlebaum, when they were both interns in Jersey City, New Jersey. Together they completed their medical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. They both gave time and talent to Project Hope, serving in Tanzania, Peru, Ecuador, Egypt, Grenada, and China. Hodgson eventually opened her own clinic in St Paul, Minnesota in 1947, and for the next 50 years provided reproductive health care to women. Her early research included pregnancy-testing methods and in 1952 she became a Founding Fellow of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In 1981 Hodgson co-founded the Duluth Women's Health Center.

Awards and honors

Hodgson's advocacy for, and contributions to, the field of women's health earned her the Christopher Tietze Humanitarian Award in 1981 and the American Medical Women's Association's National Reproductive Health Award in 1994. She was one of the first physicians to be inducted into the International Women in Medicine Hall of Fame in 2001.

Additional resources

• The Jane E. Hodgson Papers, as well as records from the Minnesota Attorney General's office, are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.