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She was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Michigan Medical School and the first black faculty member at Spelman. [24] M. Mary Mahoney was the first African-American to graduate from nursing training, graduating in 1879. [25] Biddy Mason, a slave, worked as a midwife and later set up a day care and a nursery in Los Angeles ...
Dr Dorothy Lavinia Brown [1] (January 7, 1914 – June 13, 2004 [2]), also known as "Dr. D.", [3] was an African-American surgeon, legislator, and teacher.She was the first female surgeon of African-American ancestry from the Southeastern United States.
New England Female Medical College in 1860. In the mid-19th century, it was rare for women or black men to be admitted to medical school. In 1860, due to the heavy demands of medical care for American Civil War veterans, [11] opportunities increased for women physicians and doctors. Due to her talent, Crumpler was given a recommendation to ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. African-American woman (1920–1951), source of HeLa immortal cell line "Lacks" redirects here. For other uses, see Lack. Henrietta Lacks Lacks c. 1945–1951. Born Loretta Pleasant (1920-08-01) August 1, 1920 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. Died October 4, 1951 (1951-10-04) (aged 31) Baltimore ...
Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O. (born June 1, 1942) is an American physician, academic, and the first African-American woman to serve as dean of a U.S. medical school; she is also known as the sister of Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis Ross, and singer-songwriters Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Evan Ross.
Myra Adele Logan (1908 - January 13, 1977) is known as the first African American female physician, surgeon, and anatomist to perform a successful open-heart surgery. . Following this accomplishment, Logan focused her work on children's heart surgery and was involved in the development of the antibiotic Aureomycin which treated bacterial, viral, and rickettsial diseases with the majority of ...
West, a physician, was the first black Army Surgeon General, and was the first black female active-duty major general and the first black female major general in Army Medicine. [3] [4] West is also the first Army black female lieutenant general. [5] She is the highest ranking woman to have graduated from the United States Military Academy.
Velma Patricia Scantlebury was born on 6 October 1955 [1] in Goodland, St. Michael Parish, Barbados, [2] to Kathleen (née Jordan) and Delacey Whitstanley Scantlebury. [1] She attended three years at Alleyne School in St. Andrew Parish, before her family moved to New York City in 1969.