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Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

Helen Octavia Dickens

Helen Octavia Dickens earned her B.S. in 1932 and M.D. in 1934, becoming the first African American woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons. She graduated in 1934 as one of only two women in her class.

Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

201 Coble Hall, MC-401

801 S. Wright Street

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 333-1994

Email: wggp@illinois.edu

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