Leila Andrews

Leila Edna Andrews (August 14, 1876 – April 28, 1954) was one of the first two female members of the American College of Physicians. Andrews was born in North Manchester, Indiana and received her medical degree at Northwestern University. She began a practice in her hometown but relocated to Oklahoma City in 1908. She became an instructor at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1910; in 1915, she became an associate professor at the school. In 1920, Andrews and Anna Weld of Illinois became the first two women elected to the ACP. Andrews later practiced hematology at Oklahoma City's St. Anthony Hospital.