Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach
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Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler Monday
The headstones of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864), the first Black woman to graduate from a medical college in the United States, and her husband, Arthur Crumpler, a former slave, are at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park, Mass. Dr. Crumpler attended New England Female Medical College, which became the BU School of Medicine. Photo by Cydney Scott University News Boston Honors Trailblazing School of Medicine Alum Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) Monday
First Black woman to graduate from a US medical school will be recognized with weeklong MED Symposia
February 7, 2021
Never too late to honor a pioneer Niran Al-Agba, MD, Columnist
Last year, on a cold February morning, I sat in my kitchen reading a troubling story. One of my professional heroes, the first Black female physician in the United States, a woman who overcame remarkable odds in a field dominated by men during the 19th Century, laid in an unmarked grave. Her fight against sexism, racism, and intolerance over a century ago paved the way for the women physicians of today to follow in her footsteps. Astonishingly, Dr. Rebecca Crumpler’s final resting place did not reflect the fact she changed the course of history.