In this special episode of the series, A Black Woman Did That, we talk about Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first black woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
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Sources:
https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_73.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Lee_Crumpler
https://www.nps.gov/people/dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler.htm
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-african-american-physician
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/crumpler-rebecca-davis-lee-1831-1895/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Female_Medical_College
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/proportion-black-physicians-little-change
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/obituaries/rebecca-lee-crumpler-overlooked.html
Photo Source:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/16/metro/rebecca-crumpler-blazed-trail-medicine/
