Sarah Marinda Loguen Fraser
Personal Information
Born: 1850
Died: 1933
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Syracuse University School of Medicine MD 1876
Professional Life
Field of Study: Pediatrics
Institution/Corporation: none
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: a street, child care clinic, scholarship & lecture series are named after her
Achievements: 4th female African-American physician in the US; 1st female recipient of MD from Syracuse University School of Medicine 1876; 1st African-American to graduate from a coed medical school; 1884, 1st woman authorized to practice medicine in the Domincan Republic but could only treat women & children;
Born in 1850, Sarah Loguen found her calling as a child, when she helped her parents and Harriet Tubman bandage the leg of an injured person escaping slavery. When the Civil War ended and Reconstruction opened up opportunities for African Americans, Loguen became one of the first Black women to earn a medical license. But quickly, racist Jim Crow laws prevailed. At the urging of family friend Frederick Douglass, Loguen married and, with her new husband, set sail for the Dominican Republic where more was possible for a person of color. This is her story.