1901 - Established Taylor Lane Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the first Black hospital in Columbia, SC

* As the first African-American woman licensed to practice in South Carolina, Evans was able to treat both white and black patients, causing her services to be in great demand. * She built up a large clientele of wealthy white women, who paid her sufficiently to allow her to treat poor black women and children for free. Her large and rare interracial clientele were built up due to her great discretion and professionalism. * She practiced obstetrics, gynecology, and surgery, and cared for patients in her own home until she established the Taylor Lane Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the first Black hospital in the city of Columbia, in 1901.

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Category:
ObGyn; Women's Health; Public Health

Completion Status:
yes

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