Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner

Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner M.D.
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Alice Bellvadore Sams (1859-03-13)March 13, 1859 Mingo, Iowa, U.S.
Died	October 10, 1915(1915-10-10) (aged 56)
Education	College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk, Iowa
Occupation	physician
Spouse	Lewis C. S. Turner ​ ​ (m. 1878; died 1959)​

Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner (or Sams-Turner; also known as Alice B. S. Turner; March 13/18, 1859 – July 10, 1915) was an American physician, who also taught school, and was a frequent contributor to the public press. She graduated with the Class of 1884 from the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons as an allopathic doctor.^[1] Turner practised medicine in Colfax, Iowa, from March, 1884. She was a member of the Iowa State Medical Society; Iowa Public Health Association, having been the first woman admitted to membership, in 1890, of the State Library Association; Colfax Public Library Association, secretary four years, 1893–97; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Woman's Relief Corps; Rathbone Sisters; and was health officer of Colfax, 1886–87.^[2]