Catherine "Kate" C. Woodhull (July 24, 1842 – March 25, 1926) was an American physician and medical missionary who ran a hospital in Fuzhou, China, from 1884 to 1912.

[3] She trained Chinese women physicians and treated patients at a Christian mission in Foochow (Fuzhou) for 28 years.

[7] "New paint and fresh whitewash will not heal disease," she wrote to colleagues in 1895 of her policies, "but it makes a good impression on the heathen if the hospital has a thrifty appearance.

[10] She spoke to American church and women's groups about her experiences in China,[11] and at the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions meeting in Boston in 1893.

[16] The Kate C. Woodhull Hospital for Women was dedicated in 1925,[17] to mark the 40th anniversary of her arrival in China.