Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Honoring a Century of Women's Health
1900 - 2000
Photographed by Michael Fischer, May 8, 2023
1. Honoring a Century of Women's Health Marker
Women's Health Time Capsule
Dedicated December 3, 2001
To be opened in the year 2100
Erected 2001 by Department of Health and Human Services.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the Time Capsules series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.
Location. 38° 59.96′ N, 77° 6.003′ W. Marker is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Center Drive. Marker is near Building 16, the Lawton Chiles International House (Stone House), on Fogarty Drive on the National Institutes of Health campus (Photo ID is required to enter the campus). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bethesda MD 20892, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Louis Stokes Laboratories (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Centennial Anchor (about 500 feet away); The Paul G. Rogers Plaza (approx. 0.2 miles away); President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the NIH Bethesda campus on this site, October 31, 1940 (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Tree of Hippocrates
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Tree of Hippocrates (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Additional keywords. Honoring a Century of Women's Health
Photographed by Michael Fischer, May 8, 2023
2. Honoring a Century of Women's Health Marker and Time Capsule
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
