Cole, Rebecca J.
1846-1922 · Contribution: 1867-1922
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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Impact on the world
Second African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States (after Rebecca Lee Crumpler) and the first Black woman graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1867); a pioneer of community-based medical social work.
Life & background
African-American physician born March 16, 1846 in Philadelphia, PA. Practiced for decades serving underserved communities and later superintended a home for the poor. Died Aug 14, 1922.
Sources
- U.S. National Library of Medicine; Changing the Face of Medicine
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