Ronnie Sue Lichtman (born February 10, 1950) is an American midwife,[1][2] educator, writer and advocate for women's health.

[8] After graduating as valedictorian from Christopher Columbus High School, Lichtman attended Brandeis University for a year, leaving to join an anti-war group in New York City called The Resistance.

[8] Ronnie Lichtman began her professional midwifery career at North Central Bronx Hospital working both in the clinic and the labor and delivery unit, caring for low-income, immigrant, and under-served women.

She eventually opened a private midwifery practice[10] that focused on well-woman gynecologic care.

She left North Central Bronx to become a midwifery faculty member at Columbia University School of Nursing where she later became Program Director.