Tuesday, June 14, 2011

africanamericanhisandherstory: Rebecca J. Cole (16 March...

 
 

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africanamericanhisandherstory:

Rebecca J. Cole (16 March 1846–14 August 1922)

In 1867, Rebecca J. Cole became the second African American woman to receive an M.D. degree in the United States. Dr. Cole was able to overcome racial and gender barriers to medical education by training in all-female institutions run by women who had been part of the first generation of female physicians graduating mid-century.

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