Rebecca Lee Crumpler

Birth Name: Rebecca Lee Davis

Date of Birth: February 8, 1831

Place of Birth: Delaware, U.S.

Date of Death: March 9, 1895

Place of Death: Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Ethnicity: African-American

Rebecca Lee Crumpler was an American physician, nurse, and author. She was the first African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the U.S.

She was the daughter of Matilda/Phebe Webber and Absolum Davis.