Florence Sabin was born in Colorado in 1871. She died in Colorado in 1953. During her lifetime, she was a working scientist and teacher at two leading medical institutions-Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and The Rockefeller Institute.In retirement, she overhauled Colorado's public health laws. Dr. Sabin never stopped learning, never stopped teaching, and never stopped thinking about improving public health."I hope my studies may be an encouragement to other women, especially to young women, to devote their lives to the larger interests of the mind." -Florence Sabin