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Susan Maria Smith McKinney Steward

1847 - 1918
Pediatrics & Prenatal Care; Hmeopathy
USA USA

Personal Information

Born: 1847

Died: 1918

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Education

NY Medical College for Women 1970 Homeopathic Medicine; post-graduate work at Long Island Medical College Hospital 1887-88

Professional Life

Field of Study: Pediatrics & Prenatal Care; Hmeopathy

Institution/Corporation: Brooklyn Women's Homeopathic Hospital & Dispensary (later The Memorial Hospital for Women & Children); Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People (now Brooklyn Home for the Aged); Wilberforce University

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Board of Directors Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People; NYS Homeopathic Medical Society (1896); Women's Loyal Union (co-founder); Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU); Alumni Association of NY Medical College for Women; Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn; African-American Brooklyn Literary Union; Kings County Medical Society

Awards & Achievements

Awards: named after her: a Brooklyn junior high school a medical society a chapter of the National Medical Association

Achievements: the third African-American woman to earn a medical degree and the first ináNew York state.

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