Episode 053 - Rebecca Lee Crumpler | Doctor

<p>Alternate Title: A Podcast of Medical Discourses</p> <p>Emma tells Emlyn about Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who became the first female African American doctor during the American Civil War, and who later treated thousands of freed slaves, along with many others, after the war had ended. </p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Main Story - Rebecca Lee Crumpler</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Markel, Howard. "Celebrating Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first African-American woman physician." PBS News Hour. 2016. <a href='https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-african-american-physician'>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-african-american-physician</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Pfatteicher, S. "Crumpler, Rebecca Davis Lee (1831-1895), physician." American National Biography. 2000. <a href='https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1201058'>https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1201058</a>.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Friend of Hyde Park Branch Library Blog. "Rebecca Lee’s Medical Training." 2020.  <a href='https://hplibraryfriends.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/rebecca-lees-medical-training/'>https://hplibraryfriends.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/rebecca-lees-medical-training/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Cazalet, Sylvain. "New England Female Medical College & New England Hospital for Women and Children." 2001. <a href='http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/histo/newengland.htm'>http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/histo/newengland.htm</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Neal, Anthony W. "Dr. Crumpler: Nation’s first African American woman physician." 2012. <a href='https://www.baystatebanner.com/2012/09/05/dr-crumpler-nations-first-african-american-woman-physician/'>https://www.baystatebanner.com/2012/09/05/dr-crumpler-nations-first-african-american-woman-physician/</a></li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Women who Work </p> <p>Shoutout to Rebecca Lakin and team for their