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Week of April 26: The first Black female doctor passed her Virginia exams

Author
Virginia Audio Collective
Published
Tue 26 Apr 2022
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This week in 1893... Sarah Garland Boyd Jones grew up among Richmond's Black elite. As a teacher, she could not ignore the medical disparities in the Black community as compared to the plethora of resources and care offered to the white population. She packed her bags, moved to Washington, D.C., and decided to make a change.

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