

She went on to become the second female President of the World Health Assembly and served in several distinguished organizations - including the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Maternal and Child Health, the UN Commission on Community Development in African Countries, and the Indonesian Women’s National Commission. Saroso began teaching at Airlangga University in 1969 and helped train the next generation of doctors and healthcare workers. Shortly after her return, she joined the Ministry of Health to lead programs that improve healthcare access for women, children, and villagers.Īfter a long and successful career in public health, Prof. When she returned to Indonesia in 1952, she helped bring birth control and family planning education to her homeland. Saroso also received a World Health Organization (WHO) scholarship to study maternal and child healthcare systems across Europe. She went on to graduate with a medical degree from Geneeskundige Hoge School in 1942 and continued her education in Europe and the United States, where she earned several advanced degrees in public health. Her father was a doctor and inspired her interest in medicine at a young age. Sulianti Saroso was born on this day in 1917 in Karangasem, Bali. Saroso dedicated her life to helping vulnerable communities access quality healthcare. Julie Sulianti Saroso who was one of Indonesia’s first female doctors and was illustrated by guest artist Lenny. She died of pneumonia in late 2018 at 72, and in 2019 she was honored during the In Memoriam portion of the Oscars.Today’s Doodle celebrates Prof. She ended her career with 22 land and water speed records. In her later life, O’Neil slowed her stunt and driving career after seeing colleagues killed in action.
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However, her contract with sponsors prevented her from outrunning male driver Hal Needham, though he never even got behind the wheel to record a speed.
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She reached an average speed of more than 512 mph and a peak speed of 621 mph and later said she’d only used 60 percent of the car’s available power, believing she’d have passed 700 mph at full blast. In 1976, O’Neil took to the southeast Oregon desert to set the land-speed record for female drivers. She was involved in "The Bionic Woman" and "Smokey and the Bandit II," leading Mattel to create a Kitty O’Neil action figure.

From there, she moved on to stunt work and became the first woman to work with Stunts Unlimited, a major talent agency. Seeking increasingly dangerous thrill rides, O’Neil turned to racing in the 1970s, competing in the Mint 400 and Baja 500. Amazingly, she faced another medical setback in her late 30s when she underwent cancer treatment. She went on to swimming events but eventually lost her spark for water sports and moved on to faster activities like water skiing and skydiving.

She had great success, but a training accident during prep for the 1964 Olympics led to a broken wrist and spinal meningitis, which could have taken her ability to walk. O’Neil was born in Texas in the mid-1940s, and though she fought multiple childhood diseases, which caused her to lose hearing, she became a competitive diver as a teenager. Today, Google honored O’Neil with a Doodle, so it’s time for a short history lesson on the original “fastest woman alive.” However, before Combs’ massive speed runs, Kitty O’Neil was setting records in the 1970s and was even outrunning the men of her time. If you’re familiar with Jessi Combs’ life, then you’re likely familiar with the term “the fastest woman alive,” as Combs posthumously earned the female land-speed record after a tragic accident in the Oregon desert in 2019.
