The Role of Women in Hospice Care: Women’s History Month offers an important opportunity to recognize the profound impact women have had on shaping hospice care. From its origins to today’s frontline caregiving workforce, women remain the foundation of the hospice movement. Women have historically taken on caregiving roles, a tradition that continued into the modern hospice model pioneered by Dame Cicely Saunders, whose work transformed end‑of‑life care into a holistic, digni