Ruth Morris Bakwin

Ruth Morris Bakwin, MD (1898 – July 31, 1985) was a noted pediatrician and child psychologist and the first woman intern at the Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City (now the New York Medical College).
With her husband, Harry Bakwin, MD, she co-authored several textbooks including the highly regarded Clinical Management of Behavior Disorders in Children (1968).
Bakwin was a member of the Department of Pediatrics at the New York University Medical School from 1930 until her death in 1985. She was also Director of Pediatric Services at the New York Infirmary from 1936 to 1954 and was elected a member of its Board in 1961, and then became a trustee after the Infirmary merged with Beekman Hospital (now the New York Downtown Hospital) in 1979. In 1950 she received the Elizabeth Blackwell award for her distinguished career in pediatrics from the New York Infirmary. In 1983, she won the Alumnae Achievement Award at her Alma Mater, Wellesley College.