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Caroline Still Anderson, Physcian, Educator

Caroline Still Anderson, Physician and Educator
Caroline Still Anderson, Physician and Educator

Dr Caroline Still Anderson joined the ancestors (Nov 1, 1848 - Jun 2, 1919). Physician, educator, activist daughter of abolitionist William Still. She was a pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African-American community and one of the first Black women to become a physician in the U.S.

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