Cole, Rebecca J.
1846-1922 · Contribution: 1867-1922
Physician and social reformer
Medicine and early public/community health; provided medical care and health education to poor families and worked with Elizabeth Blackwell's New York Infirmary
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1846, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Active since
- 1867
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Best known for
- Second African American woman to earn a U.S. medical degree
Impact on the world
Cole pioneered community-based medical social work, bringing preventive care and health education directly to poor families decades before such approaches became standard public health.
Sources
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (Changing the Face of Medicine)
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