Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

Name: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

STEM Career: Physician(Medical Doctor)

Significant Contribution/s: First African American woman to become a physician in the U.S.

Birth: February 8, 1831

Death: March 9, 1895

Photo Credit: Meserette Kentak

Learn more:

https://blackthen.com/why-dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-black-female-physician-and-medical-writer-was-born-to-practice/

http://protomag.com/articles/Rebecca-Lee-Crumpler-150-years-doctor

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