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Barred From Denver Hospitals, Black Woman Doc Practiced Medicine at Home and Delivered 7,000 Babies

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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.

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