Harriet Guild

Harriet Guild (1899-1992) was born in Windham, Connecticut. She graduated from Vassar College in 1920 and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, class of 1925 (2nd in the class). Upon graduation, being a woman in a "man's" profession of the time, she was unable to find a suitable position and so Johns Hopkins hired her. She enjoyed an outstanding career, specializing in pediatric kidney research and treatment.[1]

By 1928, she was the director of the Harriet Lane Dispensary and a Johns Hopkins University instructor in Pediatrics. She started the Pediatric Diabetic Clinic in 1930 and administered the program until 1946. As a leading authority on children's kidney disease, in 1955 she was the founder of the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland. Born in Windham, Conn., Harriet Griggs Guild died in May, 1992 at the age of 92. As a medical researcher, professor and physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 37 years, she played a major role in saving the lives of children suffering from kidney disease.