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Born in 1831, Rebecca Lee Crumpler
became the first Black woman to graduate from medical school in the U.S.

Despite facing extreme racism & sexism, she practiced medicine with a focus on women & children. She also provided medical care to freed slaves.

In 1883, Dr. Crumpler published her Book of Medical Discourses, which was one of the first medical publications written by a Black author. There are no existing photos of her. https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_73.html #HistoryRemix #history #science

Changing the Face of Medicine | Rebecca Lee Crumpler

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tbs
tbs
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What perseverance she had! So admirable 👏

Actually, I found quite a few photos of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=Rebecca%20Lee%20Crumpler#
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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@tbs Those images have been used alongside many articles online, but it seems they’re not her.
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tbs
tbs
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Aha, okay. I was afraid there would be something up with "no existing photos".

Thanks for clarifying.
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Tim Reierson
Tim Reierson
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Her book is archived at the link below, with download and viewing options that include pdf format. The pdf appears to have machine readable text.

https://archive.org/details/67521160R.nlm.nih.gov

A book of medical discourses : in two parts : Crumpler, Rebecca Lee, -1895 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Part first: treating of the cause, prevention, and cure of infantile bowel complaints, from birth to the close of the teething period, or till after the fifth...
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