Susan Maria Smith McKinney Steward
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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