- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Eliza Ann Grier (1864-1902)
- Creator:
- Chenault, Wesley
- Date of Original:
- 2012-06-09
- Subject:
- African American women physicians--Georgia--History--19th century--Biography
African American women physicians--Georgia--History--20th century--Biography
Freedmen--Health and hygiene--Georgia--History
African Americans--Medical care--Georgia--History - People:
- Grier, Eliza Ann, 1864-1902
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Eliza Ann Greer, the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia. Born into slavery, Grier exceeded the cultural and social confines for black women in the late nineteenth century.
GSE identifier: SS8H7 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/eliza-ann-grier-1864-1902/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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