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Rebecca Lee Crumpler (February 8, 1831 – March 9, 1895) was an American physician, nurse and author. After studying at the New England Female Medical College, in 1864 she became the first Black American woman physician in the United States. Crumpler was also one of the first Back American and female physician authors in the nineteenth century when, in 1883, she published ‘A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts.' Dedicated to nurses and mothers, it focuses on maternal and pediatric medical care.
In 1831, Crumpler was born free in Delaware, and raised in Pennsylvania by an aunt who cared for sick townspeople and inspired her to go into medicine. She moved to Massachusetts in 1852, where she worked as a nurse and medical apprentice from 1855 to 1860 before applying and becoming accepted into the New England Female Medical College. Crumpler was the only Black American woman who attended the school. She graduated in February 1864, and on March 1, 1864, the board of trustees named her a Doctor of Medicine, the country's first Black American woman to become a formally-trained physician.
Crumpler married Wyatt Lee, a Virginia native who was formerly enslaved, while in school, but er husband died of tuberculosis on April 18, 1863 while she was still a medical student. Lee and her husband also conceived and lost a child while she was in medical school, which further prompted her to learn more about maternal health care. After graduating Crumpler, moved to Boston, where she first practiced medicine by primarily serving poor Black American women and children for free. In 1865, she married her second husband, Arthur Crumpler in Saint John, New Brunswick. Arthur was also formerly enslaved, and escaped bondage from Southampton County, Virginia.
After the American Civil War ended in 1865, she moved to Richmond, Virginia, where she worked for the Freedmen's Bureau to provide medical care for freed slaves. She later moved back to Boston to continue to treat women and children, and in 1870, had a daughter, Lizzie Sinclair Crumpler. By 1880, the Crumplers had moved to Hyde Park, Boston. In 1883, Rebecca Lee Crumpler published 'A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts' from the notes she had kept over the course of her medical career. Dedicated to nurses and mothers, it focused on the medical care of women and children, with her main desire to emphasize the "possibilities of prevention" of illness and death.
The book was divided into two sections: the first part focusing on preventing and mitigating health problems in children from the teething period until the age of five; the second part focused on the "life and growth of beings", or what we would now call prenatal care, along with women’s health. Scientific American described the book as a forerunner to the famous 'What to Expect When You’re Expecting.'
Rebecca Crumpler died on March 9, 1895 of fibroid tumors, at age 64. The Rebecca Lee Society, one of the first medical societies for Black American women, was named in her honor. In 2019, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared March 30 (National Doctors Day) the Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day.
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A Book of Medical Discourses - in Two Parts:
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'Dr. Crumpler: Nation’s first African American woman physician:'
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'Celebrating Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first African-American woman physician:'
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'Trailblazing BU Alum Gets a Gravestone 125 Years after Her Death:'
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Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler:
cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_73.html
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler (February 8, 1831 – March 9, 1895) was an American physician, nurse and author. After studying at the New England Female Medical College, in 1864 she became the first Black American woman physician in the United States. Crumpler was also one of the first Back American and female physician authors in the nineteenth century when, in 1883, she published ‘A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts.' Dedicated to nurses and mothers, it focuses on maternal and pediatric medical care.
In 1831, Crumpler was born free in Delaware, and raised in Pennsylvania by an aunt who cared for sick townspeople and inspired her to go into medicine. She moved to Massachusetts in 1852, where she worked as a nurse and medical apprentice from 1855 to 1860 before applying and becoming accepted into the New England Female Medical College. Crumpler was the only Black American woman who attended the school. She graduated in February 1864, and on March 1, 1864, the board of trustees named her a Doctor of Medicine, the country's first Black American woman to become a formally-trained physician.
Crumpler married Wyatt Lee, a Virginia native who was formerly enslaved, while in school, but er husband died of tuberculosis on April 18, 1863 while she was still a medical student. Lee and her husband also conceived and lost a child while she was in medical school, which further prompted her to learn more about maternal health care. After graduating Crumpler, moved to Boston, where she first practiced medicine by primarily serving poor Black American women and children for free. In 1865, she married her second husband, Arthur Crumpler in Saint John, New Brunswick. Arthur was also formerly enslaved, and escaped bondage from Southampton County, Virginia.
After the American Civil War ended in 1865, she moved to Richmond, Virginia, where she worked for the Freedmen's Bureau to provide medical care for freed slaves. She later moved back to Boston to continue to treat women and children, and in 1870, had a daughter, Lizzie Sinclair Crumpler. By 1880, the Crumplers had moved to Hyde Park, Boston. In 1883, Rebecca Lee Crumpler published 'A Book of Medical Discourses in Two Parts' from the notes she had kept over the course of her medical career. Dedicated to nurses and mothers, it focused on the medical care of women and children, with her main desire to emphasize the "possibilities of prevention" of illness and death.
The book was divided into two sections: the first part focusing on preventing and mitigating health problems in children from the teething period until the age of five; the second part focused on the "life and growth of beings", or what we would now call prenatal care, along with women’s health. Scientific American described the book as a forerunner to the famous 'What to Expect When You’re Expecting.'
Rebecca Crumpler died on March 9, 1895 of fibroid tumors, at age 64. The Rebecca Lee Society, one of the first medical societies for Black American women, was named in her honor. In 2019, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared March 30 (National Doctors Day) the Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day.
#RebeccaLeeCrumpler #HiddenFigures
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Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture'
Paperback: amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6
Digital download (e-book): gumroad.com/l/IkUa
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Links:
A Book of Medical Discourses - in Two Parts:
archive.org/details/67521160R.nlm.nih.gov
'Dr. Crumpler: Nation’s first African American woman physician:'
baystatebanner.com/2012/09/05/dr-crumpler-nations-first-african-american-woman-physician
'Celebrating Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first African-American woman physician:'
pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-african-american-physician
'Trailblazing BU Alum Gets a Gravestone 125 Years after Her Death:'
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/rebecca-lee-crumpler-first-black-female-physician-gets-gravestone-130-after-death/
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler:
cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_73.html
