Eunice Shadd
African-American physician, first black female graduate of Howard University medical school
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| Intro | African-American physician, first black female graduate of Howard University medical school | ||||
| A.K.A. | Eunice Lindsay Eunice P. Shadd | ||||
| A.K.A. | Eunice Lindsay Eunice P. Shadd | ||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||
| was | Physician | ||||
| Work field | Healthcare | ||||
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| Birth | 1848, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada | ||||
| Death | 4 January 1887 (aged 39 years) | ||||
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Biography
Eunice P. Shadd (1848 – January 4, 1887) was a Canadian-American physician. She was one of the first black women to graduate from Howard University College of Medicine.
Life
Eunice Shadd was born in 1848 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. She was one of 13 children born to Abraham D. Shadd and Harriet Burton Parnell, who were free African-Americans. Their eldest child, Mary Ann Shadd, became a prominent journalist and anti-slavery activist.
Eunice Shadd left Canada and moved to Washington, D.C. to be with her siblings Mary Ann and Abraham. She enrolled in the Howard University Normal School in 1870 and graduated in 1872. Shadd taught public school, and then enrolled in Howard's medical program in 1875. At Howard, Shadd studied with Charles Purvis.
Shadd graduated from Howard University College of Medicine in 1877. That same year, she married Dr. Frank T. Lindsay, who had graduated from the Howard medical program in 1875. The couple then moved to Xenia, Ohio, where both practiced medicine.
Eunice Shadd died on January 4, 1887 in Xenia.