Rebecca Crumpler Biography

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Audience/Grade:	College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s):	Engineering Diversity General Engineering, Engineering Science Life Sciences
Special Topic(s):	Black and African American Scientists and Engineers
Learning Resource Type:	Reference - Article/Document
Media Type:	Document
Author(s):	National Library of Medicine
Description:	"Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans from pursuing careers in medicine to became the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree, a distinction formerly credited to Rebecca Cole. Although little has survived to tell the story of Crumpler's life, she has secured her place in the historical record with her book of medical advice for women and children, published in 1883. "
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