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Elizabeth Blackwell
In 1849,she graduated from Geneva Medical College as the first woman in the U.S. to earn an MD. In 1857, she opened an infirmary in New York for underprivileged women and children, providing care while also helping female physicians find opportunities in a field that often excluded them.
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree, graduating from the New England Female Medical College in 1864. After graduation, she devoted herself to treating formerly enslaved people in Richmond, Virginia, In 1883, she published A Book of Medical Discourses, the first medical book by an African American,
Susan La Flesche Picotte
First Native American woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S., graduating at the top of her class from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1889.
Trailblazer, advocate, and healer, Picotte transformed healthcare on the Omaha Reservation and set a new standard for Native American physicians, inspiring generations to follow in her footsteps.
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