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National Library of Medicine, Changing the Face of Medicine: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

National Library of Medicine, Changing the Face of Medicine exhibition biography of Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831 to 1895): the first African American woman to earn an M.D. degree (1864); the only African American woman to graduate from the New England Female Medical College; her book is one of the very first medical publications by an African American.

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Record: nlm-rebecca-lee-crumpler
Type: web
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Status: published

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The federal medical library’s exhibition biography, read on 2026-09-16.

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Creator: National Library of Medicine
Accessed: 2026-09-16
External record: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_rebecca_crumpler.html

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