Brief biographies with career highlights are presented for Minerva Smith Buerk, MD, founder of the Women's Dermatologic Society; Naomi Marilyn Kanof, MD, the first female editor of The Journal of Investigative Dermatology; Wilma Fowler Bergfeld, MD, the first female president of the American Academy of Dermatology; and Antoinette Foote Hood, MD, the first female executive director of the American Board of Dermatology.
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