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<p>Sadly, as is the case with many records of the achievements of African Americans of her generation,
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no images have survived of Dr. Rebecca J. Cole. She was the second African American woman to receive
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an M.D. degree in the United States, in 1867.</p>
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<p>Rebecca Cole was born and raised in Philadelphia. She completed her secondary education at the first
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co-educational high school for African Americans in the city.
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She enrolled at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania near the end of the Civil War.
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She trained with Dr. Ann Preston, the first woman dean of the school, and in 1867, was the first African American to graduate.
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Dr. Cole, like many of her fellow women students of medicine was able to continue her training
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by joining an institution founded for women patients and practitioners.
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To gain clinical experience, she took a job at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children,
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established by physicians Elizabeth Blackwell and her sister Emily, with the help of Dr. Marie Zakrzewska.
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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell assigned Dr. Cole the role of health visitor in the local community. She was responsible for
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dispensing practical advice to mothers living in poverty about the best ways to keep their families healthy.
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Dr. Blackwell thought Dr. Cole had the ideal character for such work, and mentioned in her autobiography
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that she had “carried on this work with tact and care.”</p>
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<p>Dr. Rebecca Cole practiced in South Carolina for a number of years, before returning to Philadelphia.
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In 1873, she opened a Women’s Directory Center to provide medical and legal services to women and children in need.
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In January 1899, Dr. Cole was appointed superintendent of a home in Washington, D.C.
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run by the Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children.
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In her years of caring for families living interrible poverty in the city of Washington,
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she was most appreciated for the difference she was able to make.
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As mentioned in one of the annual reports from the association:"Dr. Cole herself has more than fulfilled the expectations of her friends. With a clear and comprehensive view of her wholefield of action, she has carried out her plans
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with the good sense and vigor which are a part of her character."</p>
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