Lena Sadler

Lena Kellogg Sadler (1875 to 1939) was an American physician, surgeon and obstetrician who became a leader in women's health in Chicago. Born in Calhoun County, Michigan, she trained as a nurse, married William S. Sadler in 1897, and graduated with him from the American Medical Missionary College in 1906. She served as an attending obstetrician at Columbus Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital, helped found the American Medical Women's Association, and chaired child welfare and public health work for Illinois women's clubs. In the 1920s she directed a survey of Chicago midwives for the city health department, and with Bertha Van Hoosen she secured a maternal hygiene exhibit at the Century of Progress fair. Her writings include The Mother and Her Child. The article also records her eugenic views.