BOSSIP’s Black History Hidden Gems: Monumental Medical Matriarch Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Defied Racism & Sexism As The First Black Woman Physician In The U.S.
Before she was a legend and icon, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was paving the way for generations of Black women in medicine as the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. Born Rebecca Davis in Delaware in 1831, Crumpler was raised by an auntie in Pennsylvania who helped care for sick
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