ACSM Celebrates Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month (March) commemorates and encourages the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

To celebrate this month, we encourage you to read about some inspiring women who have made significant impacts to the fields of exercise science, sports medicine and fitness. These ACSM members and their stories are just a small sampling of the incredible work that women are doing in these fields every day.

• Alexis Bhagat, ACSM-CEP
• Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD
• Barbara Drinkwater, PhD, FACSM
• Jill Kanaley, PhD, FACSM
• Josephine L. Rathbone, PhD | ACSM Founder
• Kathy Myburgh, PhD, FACSM
• Katie Feltman, CAE | ACSM CEO
• Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, FACSM, FAHA
• Louise Valentine, MPH, ACSM-CPT, ACSM-EP
• Mai Wageh
• NiCole Keith, PhD, FACSM
• Priscilla Clarkson, Ph.D., FACSM

Read about accomplishments and aspirations of women in sports medicine and exercise science from Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, Ph.D., FACSM, ACSM-EP

Watch/Listen to interviews from ACSM’s Historical Distinguished Leaders series:

• Angela Smith, MD, FACSM
• Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD, FACSM
• Barbara Ainsworth, PhD, MPH, FACSM
• Barbara Drinkwater PhD, FACSM
• Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, FACSM, FAHA
• Carol Kennedy-Armbruster, MS
• Carol Torgan, PhD, FACSM
• Constance Lebrun, MD, FACSM
• Deborah Riebe, PhD, FACSM
• Dixie Stanforth, PhD, FACSM
• Elizabeth Joy, MD, MPH, FACSM
• Jacqueline Epping, MEd, FACSM
• Janet Rankin, PhD, FACSM
• Janice Thompson, PhD, FACSM
• JoAnn Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, FACSM
• Josephine Rathbone, PhD | ACSM Founder
• Karin Pfeiffer, PhD, FACSM
• Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, FACSM
• Laura Kruskall, PhD, FACSM
• Linda Pescatello, PhD, FACSM, CPD
• Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM
• Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD, FACSM
• Mary Sanders, PhD, FACSM
• Mary Yoke, PhD, FACSM
• Melinda Manore, PhD, RD, FACSM
• Melinda Millard-Stafford, PhD, FACSM
• Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACSM, FACP
• Priscilla Clarkson, PhD, FACSM
• Rosemary Agostini, MD, FACSM
• Sandra Hoffmann, MD, FACSM
• Stella Volpe, PhD, RDN, FACSM, ACSM-CEP
• Susan Bloomfield, PhD, FACSM
• Tatiana Kolovou, MBA