In 1960, a quiet, meticulous FDA medical officer named Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey stopped the drug thalidomide from entering the U.S. market. She refused to be pressured by pharmaceutical executives. The drug was supposed to ease morning sickness in pregnant women. While thousands of babies in Europe were born with catastrophic birth defects, the United States was spared a similar tragedy almost entirely because one woman refused to sign a form. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy awarded her the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. When we had the guts to say no. She didn’t get social media ostracized she won a presidential award for steel determination and human ethics.