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Rebecca Lee Crumpler

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Gender Female
Death129 years ago
Date of birth February 8,1831
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Delaware
United States
Date of died March 9,1895
DiedHyde Park
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
Known forAfrican-American
First female African American to receive a medical degree
Field Medicine
ChildrenLizzie Sinclair Crumpler
Alma mater New England Female Medical College
BooksA Book of Medical Discourses, in Two Parts
Spouse Arthur Crumpler
Wyatt Lee
Education New England Female Medical College
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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.

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