What did Rebecca J Cole do?

Rebecca Cole was the second African-American woman doctor in the United States. Here are some other facts about her:

• Rebecca was born on March 16, 1846.
• Rebecca was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Rebecca was the second of five children.
• In 1863 Rebecca graduated from the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY).
• She became a doctor in 1867.
• She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
• Rebecca Cole was married to Robert Cole.
• Rebecca moved to NY and joined the staff of the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children.
• Rebecca practiced medicine in Columbia. South Carolina as well as Philadelphia.
• Rebecca died on August 14, 1922.