Euthanasia Sherman Meade (September 8, 1837[1] – November 1, 1895)[2] was a pioneer woman physician of the Pacific Coast.

[3][5] When she returned to California, Meade opened a medical practice on Mission Street in San Francisco.

[5][8] Meade also trained women in the medical career, including Mary Bennett Ritter, who wrote of her experiences with Sherman in her autobiography, More than Gold In California (1933).

Of Meade, Ritter wrote, "The spirit of the profession at its best was imbued in me by this indomitable, high-minded woman.

[3] Of her death, Ritter wrote, "Many of the poor and the rich of San Jose felt that they had lost their best friend when Dr. Euthanasia Sherman Meade died.