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Episode 18: Dr. Rebecca Crumpler's Trailblazing Career (Feb 26, 2017)
Episode 18: Dr. Rebecca Crumpler's Trailblazing Career (Feb 26, 2017)
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
This week, we’re going to talk about a woman who studied medicine at a time when very few women could access higher education at all, and an African American who became a physician at a time when half of this country believed that she could be owned by another American. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler would study in Boston and become America’s first black female doctor. Listen to this week's show for her story!
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/018
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/018
Released:
Feb 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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