Dr. JudyAnn Bigby
JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., served as director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. She is devoted to the health care needs...
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Matilda Arabella Evans
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Matilda Arabella Evans, who graduated from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP) in 1897, was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine...
Dr. Alexa Canady
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Alexa Irene Canady had almost dropped out of college as an undergraduate, but after recovering her self-confidence she went on to qualify as the first...
Dr. Roselyn Epps
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Roselyn Payne Epps has spent her life and career as an advocate for women, minorities, and the underserved. Combining her skills as a doctor and...
Dr. Ethel Allen
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Ethel D. Allen once described herself as, “BFR—a black female Republican, an entity as rare as a black elephant and just as smart.” In her...
Dr. Justina Laurena Ford
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Dr. Justina Laurena Ford challenged and overcame gender and racial barriers in her medical career to become the first African American woman physician licensed to...
Regina Benjamin
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Regina Benjamin served as the 18th U.S. surgeon general from 2009 to 2013, appointed by President Barack Obama. Prior to her tenure as the nation’s...
Barbara Ross-Lee
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Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African...
Dr. Edith Irby Jones
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In 1948, nine years before the “Little Rock Nine” integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, Edith Irby Jones became the first black student...
Helene D. Gayle
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“Dr. Gayle exemplifies the best in public health leadership,” said Dr. David Satcher, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June 1999,...