Nannie C. Dunsmoor

Nannie C. Straus Dunsmoor (November 17, 1860 – July 18, 1941) was an American physician and one of the first woman to be a medical doctor in California.

More than ten years after graduation from high school, together with her husband, she decided to study medicine and enrolled in pre-medical courses at the University of Southern California.

[1][2][4] Nannie C. Straus married Dr. John M. Dunsmoor who at the time of their wedding was a school teacher.

They had one son, Dr. Robert M. Dunsmoor who became a physician and surgeon at the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital.

They lived at 925 Pacific Mutual Bldg., Los Angeles, California, and later moved to 119 N. Belmont Avenue.