Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler is famous for being the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the US -- graduating in 1864 from the New England Female Medical College (which later merged ...

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The article has been updated to correct this, although no photos of Rebecca Lee Crumpler are known to exist. Boston celebrated its first Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day Monday, in honor of the first Black ...

Rebecca Lee (married name, Crumpler), circa 1862, as a student at the New England Female Medical College. In 1864, she became the first black female to graduate medical school in the United States.

Crumpler married two times and had one child, according to the National Park Service. She died in 1895 and was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park alongside her husband Arthur, who died in 1910.

Hyde Park Historical Society honors medical pioneer Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler 01:59. HYDE PARK – The Hyde Park Historical Society is honoring a true pioneer during Women's History Month.

Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D. (1831-1895) As the Civil War raged in 1864, Rebecca Lee marked her place in history when she became the first black female to graduate medical school in the United States.

Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who made history as the first Black woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree, is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park, but her grave does not have a headstone.