Rebecca Lee Crumpler
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 129 years ago |
Date of birth | February 8,1831 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Delaware |
United States | |
Date of died | March 9,1895 |
Died | Hyde Park |
Boston | |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Known for | African-American |
First female African American to receive a medical degree | |
Field | Medicine |
Children | Lizzie Sinclair Crumpler |
Alma mater | New England Female Medical College |
Books | A Book of Medical Discourses, in Two Parts |
Spouse | Arthur Crumpler |
Wyatt Lee | |
Education | New England Female Medical College |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 657547 |
Rebecca Lee Crumpler Life story
Rebecca Lee Crumpler, born Rebecca Davis, was an American physician, nurse and author. After studying at the New England Female Medical College, in 1864 she became the first African American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.