Rebecca Cole
1846 - 1922
Medicine
Personal Information
Born: 1846
Died: 1922
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Institute for Colored Youth, 1863; Women s Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1867
Professional Life
Field of Study: Medicine
Institution/Corporation: NY Infirmary for Women & Children
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2015, Innovator s Walk of Fame Honoree, University City Science Center, Philadelphia
Achievements: Second African-American woman physician,1867; created Women s Directory Center with Dr. Charlotte Abbey (1849) to provide medical and legal services to indigent Black women & children; advocate for medical rights of minority poor
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