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<p class="photoTitle">Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens</p>
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<p>Dr. Helen Dickens began her medical career by providing
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care to those who had no means to obtain treatment.
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Once, as she visited a house without electricity,
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she had to drag a bed to the window
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to deliver a baby by the light from the streetlight outside.
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Because her parents had struggled to
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make a living in low-paying jobs,
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they insisted that their daughter receive a good education.
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She attended a desegregated high school,
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applied to the best schools and hospitals
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and was not intimidated by the idea of
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training at predominantly white schools.
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In 1934, when she earned her M.D. from the University of Illinois,
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Dr. Helen Dickens was the only African American woman in her class.
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She completed her internship at Provident,
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a black hospital on the south side of Chicago.
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Working among the poor, she treated tuberculosis and
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provided obstetric and gynecological care.
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Moving to Philadelphia, Dr. Dickens worked for
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six years at Aspiranto Health Home,
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treating patients living in poverty,
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with little access to medical care.
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To expand her training in obstetrics and gynecology,
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she returned to Provident Hospital in Chicago.
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In 1943, she married a fellow resident,
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Dr. Purvis Sinclair Henderson.
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They moved to New York City and Dr. Dickens
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began a residency at Harlem Hospital.
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She left to get a Master of Science degree
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from the University of Pennsylvania,
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then returned to complete her residency at Harlem in 1946.
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Four years later, Dr. Helen Dickens became
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the first African American woman to be named
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a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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Throughout her career, Dr. Dickens focused on the problems
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she had seen in her obstetrics and gynecology practice.
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She wanted to educate young women to give them
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the knowledge to control their fertility and sexual health.
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Her extensive research resulted in intervention strategies
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to help schools, parents, and health professionals
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reduce the incidence of teen pregnancies,
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and sexually transmitted diseases.
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Moving back to Philadelphia, Dr. Dickens
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taught at the University of Pennsylvania.
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In 1969, she was appointed
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Dean of the Office for Minority Affairs.
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In that role, she reached out to minority students
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to encourage them to pursue medical careers.
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Thanks largely to her efforts, minority student enrollment
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increased from just three students to sixty-four within five years.
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In 1985, Dr. Helen Dickens was named Professor Emeritus.</p>
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