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Laid the Foundation Black women laid the foundation for the work we will emphasize. Black female physicians in philadelphia in a postworld war ii context. We will lay some of the groundwork first giving you greater context in the ways in which black women in the 19th century had a significant contribution to the development of you lived in medicine. Of the practice of health and healing and medicine more broadly. Most Cancer Prevention programs that were funded, operated and run by black women physicians, largely in philadelphia. One of the first black woman we have to discuss his dr. Rebecca crumpler. In the mid19th century africanamerican women used medical training as a form of racial uplift. We talked about the limitations of racial uplift. In 1864, Rebecca Crumpler was the first africanamerican woman to graduate from the new england medical female college. Crumpler practiced medicine in Richmond Virginia after the civil war, focusing on issues of tuberculosis. Working extensively
Welcome to the mosys myers house. Mosys myers was born in new york aty and 1752 and he made fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and thats it direct result of his efforts to supply the american cause during the revolution, he. Uffered his first bankruptcy that bankruptcy that caused him to move away from your city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was important to him. Secondly, it had been burned to the ground during the American Revolution and they were rebuilding and he was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most , he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a statute of religious freedom five years before the bill of rights. This would be important to him and his new wife because they were jewish. They moved to norfolk, virginia in 1787, becoming norfolks First Permanent jewish residents. They es
Politicization in the fcc. Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 hes on cspan2. The National Museum of African American history and culture opened yesterday on the National Mall. We talked with africanamerican members of congress about these the sony is new is museum. Congressman, in your view, what is the importance of the new africanamerican museum. The new museum is so essential to any american identity no matter what color or identity. I mean, you can argue that he revolutionary war, not just the civil war, but the revolutionary war before, had something to do with issues of race. British under lord mansfield, said they were not going to allow slavery anymore on british land. The american said, you might not we are. This is our economy. In the south, Southern California and municipalities decided to break was northern counterparts because of this issue. You moved to the civil war, you argue today,ple was the civil war over slavery or not the discussion is, they sure thought
They maintained a large shipping operation and the home was passed them through several generations of the myers family. We too are the house to see many of the original furnishings and ar what life was like the prominent merchant family. Welcome to the moses myers house. Moses myers was born in york city in 1752 and he made a fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and as an effort to supply them, he suffered his first bankruptcy. That bankruptcy that caused him to move away from new york city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was very important to him in his business life. Secondly, norfolk had been burned to the ground during the american revolution, and we were rebuilding. He was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most importantly to moses myers, when he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a st