1867 – Second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States.

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About This Innovation

* Cole was in the first generation of American medical doctors * In 1867, she became the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States * First job was to teach prenatal care and hygiene to women in tenements * Cole practiced medicine for fifty years.

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