Crumpler, Rebecca Lee
1831-1895 · Contribution: 1864
Physician and author
Pioneering medical practice serving freed slaves after the Civil War
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1831, Christiana, Delaware
- Active since
- 1864
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Best known for
- First African American woman to earn a U.S. medical degree
Impact on the world
Crumpler broke the color and gender barrier in American medicine and devoted her career to the newly freed and the poor, focusing on the health of women and children.
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