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Dr. Harriet Alleyne Rice (1866-1958) was the first African-American to graduate from Wellesley College, she was awarded the Medal of French Gratitude for her contributions in WWI.

Career

Rice graduated from Rogers High School in 1882, she was then the first African American graduate of Wellesley College in 1887^[1]. After attending University of Michigan medical school for a year from 1888 to 1889,^[2] she then obtained her M.D 1891 from the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. However, as an African-American woman in this era she was unable to practice medicine in any American hospital, and so she joined the social worker and suffragist leader Jane Addams at Hull House in Chicago, where she provided medical treatment for the poor^[2]. 1897 she joined Chicago Maternity Hospital and Training School for Nursery Maids as the only doctor. When WWI broke out Dr. Rice traveled to France and practiced as a medical intern at a hospital in Poitiers, staying for almost four years, for this she was recognized by the French Embassy and awarded the Medal of French Gratitude^[3].

She died in Worcester, MA in 1958 and is buried in Newport’s Common Burying Ground^[4].

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Dr. Harriet A. Rice |url=http://www.gildedageincolor.com/?p=91 |website=Gilded Age Newport in Color |accessdate=27 February 2019 |date=10 February 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=A Woman of Valor {{!}} Eyes of Glory |url=http://www.eyesofglory.com/a-woman-of-valor/ |website=www.eyesofglory.com |accessdate=27 February 2019}}
3. ^¹{{cite web |title=AMWA |url=https://www.amwa-doc.org/wwibios/dr-harriett-alleyne-rice/ |website=American Medical Women's Association |accessdate=27 February 2019}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=History Bytes: Dr. Harriett Alleyne Rice |url=https://newporthistory.org/history-bytes-dr-harriett-alleyne-rice/ |website=Newport Historical Society |accessdate=27 February 2019 |date=27 February 2017}}