honor. Her home on Joy Street is a stop on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. In 2019, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared March 30 (National Doctors Day) the Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Day. At Syracuse University there is a pre-health club named "The Rebecca Lee Pre-Health Society". This club encourages people of diverse backgrounds to pursue health professions. They offer mentors, workshops, and resources to help members succeed. See also List of African-American firsts List of Boston University people List of people from Delaware List of people from Pennsylvania List of people from Virginia List of physicians Lists of writers Notes References Further reading "Female Medical College of 100 Years Ago Had Two Professors and Not Even a Skeleton", O'Brien, Mary; Daily Boston Globe (1928–1960); October 21, 1948; p. 20. External links Rebecca Lee Crumpler, First African American Woman Doctor 1831 births 1895 deaths People from New Castle County, Delaware Writers from Boston Writers from Delaware Writers from Pennsylvania People from Charlestown, Boston Writers from Richmond, Virginia People of the Reconstruction Era Physicians from Massachusetts Physicians from Pennsylvania Physicians from Virginia Boston University alumni 19th-century American writers 19th-century American women writers African-American non-fiction writers American non-fiction writers African-American physicians American primary care physicians African-American women writers African-American writers American medical writers Women medical writers People from Beacon Hill, Boston American women non-fiction writers 19th-century American women physicians 19th-century American physicians People from Hyde Park, Boston African-American women physicians