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Matilda Arabella Evans, MD (standing left) — surgery, obstetrics and gynecology

Courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans (1872–1935) was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She founded Taylor Lane Hospital, the first African American hospital in the city of Columbia, South Carolina.

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