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Susan Maria McKinney Steward (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was an American physician, woman’s rights activist, and author. She was the third Black American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York state. Her career focused on prenatal care and childhood disease, and from 1870 to 1895, she ran her own practice in Brooklyn. She also co-founded the Brooklyn Women's Homeopathic Hospital.
McKinney-Steward was born Susan Maria Smith, into a family of wealthy pig farmers. Her parents were civically active in Brooklyn's Black community. McKinney-Steward was a noted organ player, choirmaster, and musician, who was motivated to enter medicine after the death of her brother in the Civil War, and the New York cholera epidemic of 1866. She used money earned from teaching music to fund her medical school education, and in 1867, she attended the New York Medical College for Women and graduated as valedictorian in 1869.
In 1870 Steward set up shop in New York; she was the first Black woman doctor in the state. McKinney-Steward focused on prenatal care and childhood disease, working with patients of all races. She authored many papers on Black women and children’s health. From 1870 to 1895, she ran her own practice in Brooklyn and co-founded the Brooklyn Women's Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, which was later renamed the Memorial Hospital for Women and Children. During this time, she also completed post-graduate education at the Long Island Medical College Hospital in Brooklyn, graduating in 1888. From 1892-1896, she practiced at New York Medical College and Hospital for Women in addition to her own private practice.
While in New York, she practiced elder medicine at the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People, founded the Woman's Local Union, - a Black New York women's club - as well as co-founding the Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn. In 1871 she was married to Reverend William G. McKinney; they had two children. He died in 1894. In 1896 she remarried to United States Army Buffalo Soldier and chaplain, Theophilus Steward. After they were married she traveled West with him to states like Nebraska and Texas to treat the sick and injured, and earning more medical licenses in Montana and Wyoming.
From 1906 on she worked as college physician and teacher of health and nutrition at the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Wilberforce University in Ohio. In 1911, she attended the first Universal Race Congress at the University of London, UK where she delivered a paper on ‘Colored Women in America.’ In 1914, she gave another speech, entitled “Women in Medicine,” at the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs Convention.
She died March 7, 1918 in Wilberforce, and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. W.E.B. DuBois gave the eulogy at her funeral. In 1974, Brooklyn Junior High School was renamed Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Junior High School in her honor. In 1976, Black women physicians in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area named their society after her to honor her life and work: the Susan Smith McKinney Steward Medical Society.
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Links:
Susan Smith McKinney Steward: Brooklyn's First Black Woman Physician:
bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/01/25/susan-smith-mckinney
Susan Smith McKinney Steward, M.D., '1870 (1847-1918):
https://www.nymc.edu/school-of-medicine-som/som-alumni-profiles/alumni-in-memorium/new-york-medical-college-for-women/susan-smith-mckinney-steward/
First African American Woman Doctor In New York:
womenhistoryblog.com/2015/05/susan-mckinney-steward.html
NOTABLE RESIDENT: SUSAN SMITH MCKINNEY-STEWARD:
green-wood.com/susan-smith-mckinney-steward
Susan M. Steward, pioneer in medicine born:
aaregistry.org/story/susan-m-steward-pioneer-in-medicine
SUSAN SMITH MCKINNEY STEWARD (1847-1918):
blackpast.org/african-american-history/steward-susan-smith-mckinney-1847-1918
History of the New York Medical College
and Hospital for Women:
homeoint.org/cazalet/histo/newyork.htm
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Susan Maria McKinney Steward (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was an American physician, woman’s rights activist, and author. She was the third Black American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York state. Her career focused on prenatal care and childhood disease, and from 1870 to 1895, she ran her own practice in Brooklyn. She also co-founded the Brooklyn Women's Homeopathic Hospital.
McKinney-Steward was born Susan Maria Smith, into a family of wealthy pig farmers. Her parents were civically active in Brooklyn's Black community. McKinney-Steward was a noted organ player, choirmaster, and musician, who was motivated to enter medicine after the death of her brother in the Civil War, and the New York cholera epidemic of 1866. She used money earned from teaching music to fund her medical school education, and in 1867, she attended the New York Medical College for Women and graduated as valedictorian in 1869.
In 1870 Steward set up shop in New York; she was the first Black woman doctor in the state. McKinney-Steward focused on prenatal care and childhood disease, working with patients of all races. She authored many papers on Black women and children’s health. From 1870 to 1895, she ran her own practice in Brooklyn and co-founded the Brooklyn Women's Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, which was later renamed the Memorial Hospital for Women and Children. During this time, she also completed post-graduate education at the Long Island Medical College Hospital in Brooklyn, graduating in 1888. From 1892-1896, she practiced at New York Medical College and Hospital for Women in addition to her own private practice.
While in New York, she practiced elder medicine at the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People, founded the Woman's Local Union, - a Black New York women's club - as well as co-founding the Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn. In 1871 she was married to Reverend William G. McKinney; they had two children. He died in 1894. In 1896 she remarried to United States Army Buffalo Soldier and chaplain, Theophilus Steward. After they were married she traveled West with him to states like Nebraska and Texas to treat the sick and injured, and earning more medical licenses in Montana and Wyoming.
From 1906 on she worked as college physician and teacher of health and nutrition at the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Wilberforce University in Ohio. In 1911, she attended the first Universal Race Congress at the University of London, UK where she delivered a paper on ‘Colored Women in America.’ In 1914, she gave another speech, entitled “Women in Medicine,” at the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs Convention.
She died March 7, 1918 in Wilberforce, and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. W.E.B. DuBois gave the eulogy at her funeral. In 1974, Brooklyn Junior High School was renamed Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Junior High School in her honor. In 1976, Black women physicians in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area named their society after her to honor her life and work: the Susan Smith McKinney Steward Medical Society.
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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:
Susan Smith McKinney Steward: Brooklyn's First Black Woman Physician:
bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/01/25/susan-smith-mckinney
Susan Smith McKinney Steward, M.D., '1870 (1847-1918):
https://www.nymc.edu/school-of-medicine-som/som-alumni-profiles/alumni-in-memorium/new-york-medical-college-for-women/susan-smith-mckinney-steward/
First African American Woman Doctor In New York:
womenhistoryblog.com/2015/05/susan-mckinney-steward.html
NOTABLE RESIDENT: SUSAN SMITH MCKINNEY-STEWARD:
green-wood.com/susan-smith-mckinney-steward
Susan M. Steward, pioneer in medicine born:
aaregistry.org/story/susan-m-steward-pioneer-in-medicine
SUSAN SMITH MCKINNEY STEWARD (1847-1918):
blackpast.org/african-american-history/steward-susan-smith-mckinney-1847-1918
History of the New York Medical College
and Hospital for Women:
homeoint.org/cazalet/histo/newyork.htm
