Rebecca Lee Crumpler
(1831-1895)
African American physician
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler, née Davis (February 8, 1831 – March 9, 1895), was an American physician and author. After studying at New England Female Medical College, in 1864 she became the first African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States. Crumpler was the only female physician author in the nineteenth century. In 1883, she published A Book of Medical Discourses. Dedicated to nurses and mothers, it focused on maternal and pediatric medical care and it was among the first publications written by an African American about medicine.
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8 February 1831 Richmond, Virginia
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9 September 1895 (aged 64) Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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