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  1. Annie Dodge Wauneka (née Dodge; April 11, 1910 – November 10, 1997) was an influential member of the Navajo Nation as member of the Navajo Nation Council. As a member and three term head of the council's Health and Welfare Committee, she worked to improve the health and education of the Navajo.

  2. Nov 10, 1997 · Quick Facts. Significance: Public health activist, one of the first women ever elected to the Navajo Tribal Council, served on advisory boards to the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 for her life of service. Place of Birth: Navajo Nation. Date of Birth: April 11, 1910.

  3. Annie Dodge Wauneka, tribal leader of the Navajo Nation and public health activist, worked tirelessly to improve the health and welfare of the Navajo Tribe and reduce the incidence of tuberculosis nationwide.

  4. Nov 16, 1997 · Annie Dodge Wauneka, who broke custom and became the Navajo Nation's first female legislator and a health crusader, died on Monday at Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona.

  5. Jun 17, 2020 · Annie Dodge Wauneka was a groundbreaking government leader at a time when American women rarely held national political office. In 1951, the US Congress included only one woman senator and ten representatives.

  6. Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910-1997) was a Navajo Nation leader who won the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom for her efforts to improve health care among her people. A Navajo Nation leader, Annie Dodge Wauneka was the first woman elected to serve on the Navajo Tribal Council.

  7. Dr. Annie Dodge Wauneka was a politician and public health activist who worked tirelessly to reconcile differences between Western and Navajo traditions in healthcare, especially in the fight against tuberculosis.

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