Mary Bruins Allison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Bruins Allison

physician

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1903

Place of Birth: Holland, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1994

Profession: physician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mary Bruins Allison (March 19, 1903 - September 15, 1994) was one of the first American women to be trained in medicine in the United States to worked as a missionary physician in Arabia.
While attending medical college in Philadelphia, she learned Arabic.
In 1934, she went to the Middle East to work as a missionary physician.
In her forty-year long career, she worked primarily in Kuwait, as well as India, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
In her capacity in Kuwait, she treated rich and poor women. To be successful, she had to overcome a number of obstacles, including limited trained medical staff, insufficient medical resources, as well as barriers due to cultural, lingual and religious differences.
She made significant contributions in establishing modern medical care in the countries where she worked; Allison was asked by the rulers of Bahrain and Oman to help establish hospitals in their countries.
She returned to the United States in 1975.