The pioneer in health care that I am highlighting today is...Myra Adele Logan. Myra Adele Logan was born in 1908 in Tuskegee, Alabama and was the first woman to perform open heart surgery. She is also noted for being a selfless, humanitarian doctor who practiced medicine to serve the community. She is thought to be the first African American woman elected a fellow of the … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Pioneers in Healthcare
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Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Historical Firsts
Happy Hump Day Obots! Continuing on with the theme.. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler (February 8,1831 – March 9, 1895) was an American physician. She was the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States. (Rebecca Cole was the second and Susan McKinney Steward the third.) Her publication of A Book of Medical Discourses in 1883 was one of the … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Historical Firsts