rebecca crumpler. in the mid-19th century african-american women used medical training as a form of racial uplift. we talked about the limitations of racial uplift. in 1864, rebecca crumpler was the first african-american woman to graduate from the new england medical female college. crumpler practiced medicine in richmond virginia after the civil war, focusing on issues of tuberculosis. working extensively with the freedmen's bureau. her putative republication is sectioned into two parts and describes not only treating african-american patients is a form of social activism, but some of the limitations she faced as a woman physician working in richmond that the time. rebecca crumpler, although we know a lot about her and how she writes into the issues of african-americans into medicine, some of the other women we see working notably in this area or women like rebecca called. both of these women consider forms of legal practice as an aspect of social activism and racial uplift. rebecca completed her med

we have to discuss is rebecca crumpler. african-american women use their medical training is a form of racial uplift. we talked about some of the limitations of racial uplift. rebecca crumpler was the first black woman to graduate from the new england fema medical college. -- female medical college. she focused on issues of tuberculosis and worked extensively with what we discussed the fourth person of the cap -- first portion of the class. she describes not only treating african-american patients in virginia as a form of social activism, but it also talked about some of the limitations she faced as a woman physician working in richmond at that time. crumpler, although we have a lot of discussions about her and the way she is writing about medicine, some of the other women we begin to see working notably in this area are women like rebecca cole. both of these women consider their forms of medical practice activismect of social and more specifically racial uplift. rebecca cole, the second black woman to graduate from medical