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Name of woman doctor that helped alcoholism become recognized as a disease in 1958?
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The person referred to is probably Dr. Ruth Fox who was Medical Director of the National Council on Alcoholismfrom 1958 to 1969. Another woman involved in early efforts to define Alcoholism as a disease was Mary Mann. She was the first female with long term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous who was chiefly responsible for founding the National Council on Alcoholism and helping wide recognition of alcoholism as a disease that can be treated, rather than a moral problem to be condemned.
Jan Williams, MS, JD, LCADC
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