Rebecca Lee Crumpler
American physician (1831 - 1895) · United States · Doctors · Died at 64
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Something wrong?Rebecca Lee Crumpler was an American physician, nurse and author. She was the first African-American female doctor of medicine, qualifying at the New England Female Medical College in 1864. Crumpler was also one of the first female physician authors in the nineteenth century.
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A Book of Medical Discourses (1883) by Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D.
New England Female Medical College in 1860
Nathaniel Topliff Allen Homestead, where the West Newton English and Classical School was located beginning 1854
Arthur Crumpler, c.1898
Rebecca's and Arthur's gravestones at Fairview Cemetery in BostonDoctors from the United States 6
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler was an American physician, nurse and author. She was the first African-American female doctor of medicine, qualifying at the New England Female Medical College in 1864. Crumpler was also one of the first female physician authors in the nineteenth century. In 1883, she published A Book of Medical Discourses. The book has two parts that cover the prevention and cure of infantile bowel complaints, and the life and growth of human beings. Dedicated to nurses and mothers, it focuses on maternal and pediatric medical care and was among the first publications written by an African American on the subject of medicine.
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