African American Medicine

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  1. 3. the first African American to hold a medical degree and graduated at the top in his class at the University of Glasgow in Scotland
  2. 4. also known as "Dr. D.",first Black female surgeon in the South.
  3. 5. became the first African-American to attend the medical school at the University of Pennsylvania
  4. 6. the first woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School
  5. 7. challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans from pursuing careers in medicine to became the first African woman to become a physician in the United States
  6. 8. first African American president of the American Medical Women's Association
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  1. 1. Born a slave in 1818 had no formal education, but she learned about midwifery and herbal medicines from other slave women, and became well-regarded as a midwife
  2. 2. the first African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons
  3. 3. first African American appointed as Surgeon General of the United States
  4. 6. was one of the first African Americans to graduate from a nursing school, and she prospered in a predominantly white society