Mildred E. Gibbs

Mildred E. Gibbs
Born
Mildred E. Gibbs

(1850-12-25)December 25, 1850
District of Columbia
DiedOctober 25, 1935(1935-10-25) (aged 84)
District of Columbia
Alma materHoward University
OccupationTeacher

Mildred Eulalia Gibbs (December 25, 1850 – October 25, 1935) was an American educator, one of the earliest African-American women to earn a physician's degree from an American medical school, and also one of the first to obtain a doctorate from an American school.[1]

  1. ^ Bettina Aptheker. Woman's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History. Univ of Massachusetts Press; January 1982. ISBN 0-87023-365-3. p. 100–.