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1942–2019 United States
Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center.
United States Academics Physicians Also known as: Patricia Era Bath
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Taking the high road may be arduous and long, but it will lead to justice and triumph.
Do not allow your mind to be imprisoned by majority thinking. Remember that the limits of science are not the limits of imagination.
I wasn’t seeking to be first. I was just doing my thing, and I wanted to serve humanity along the way—to give the gift of sight.
To me, it was home and a place of happy memories, and I grew up believing I was rich.
I hope that through my past legacy and future advocacy, that the current and future generations of young scientists will not experience the hurtful wounds of discrimination of any kind.
"My parents believed that with enough education, I could own the world,"
Being poor shouldn’t hold you back either – when I talk to disadvantaged school kids about poverty, I tell them that the label of “poor” is a tactical assault of naming and shaming.
“Service to the underserved was a natural evolution of my life from my Harlem roots,”
“When I was offered an office not equivalent to that of my male colleagues, I could’ve started marching. But I felt it was more important to focus on the prize.”
Eyesight is a basic human right
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