Home News Dr. Jacqueline Ward-Gaines celebrates Dr. Justina Ford back to News
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The young Black woman doctor came to Denver eager to practice medicine in 1902, but authorities refused to recognize Dr. Justina Ford or give her privileges at the city’s hospital.
That didn’t stop Ford.
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