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Mabel Keaton Staupers worked to pressure the Army to admit black women into the Army Nurse Corps, which they finally did in 1941. [53] Velma Scantleburry-White is the first African-American female transplant surgeon in the United States [143] Rosalyn P. Scott in 1977 became the first African American woman trained in the practice of thoracic ...
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Julia Seton (1862–1950) - American physician, lecturer, New Thought writer; Frank Slaughter (1908–2001) - American bestseller author, wrote (Doctor's Wives) Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) - author; Benjamin Spock (1903–1988) - American pediatrician, wrote Baby and Child Care; Patrick Taylor - Canadian best-selling novelist
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
With the rise of the 1960s civil rights movement and the wider counterculture of the 1960s, there was a dramatic rise in African-American names of various origins. Jean Twenge believes that the shift toward unique Black American baby names is also the result of a trend in America that values individuality over conformity. [5]
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
Elizabeth D. A. Cohen (1820–1921), American physician, first female physician in the state of Louisiana; Rebecca Cole (1846–1922) American physician, by 1867 she was the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States
1880s: Most Popular Girl Names. Mary. Anna. Emma. Elizabeth. Margaret. Minnie. Ida. Bertha. Clara. Alice. Least popular name: Christina Every John needs a Mary, and this top-spot girl name remains ...