Joyce Nichols | first woman to graduate from the Physician Assistant program at Duke

from the archives series | 'Black Stories We Should All Know'

*about the archive series…..

I am still working on posting all of the ‘Black Stories We Should All Know’ on Substack as a collection/archive.

When I first started doing this, I had no idea it would grow so quickly and so fast. I was finding my way on Instagram.

In the beginning, when posting, I was adding music on all of the videos. Well, I can’t bring those videos here with the music because of copyright laws (and respect for the artists).

Whether it is a reminder, or your first time hearing about them, I hope you enjoy hearing these stories.

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*originally posted on March 8, 2023

Women’s History Month 💃🏾

📌‘Black Women We Should All Know’

👉🏾 In 1970 JOYCE NICHOLS became the first woman to graduate from the Physician Assistant program at Duke University Medical Center - up to that point the program was ONLY FOR MEN

👩🏾‍⚕️This made her the FIRST BLACK WOMAN to practice as a PA

👉🏾 She was born June 28, 1940

👩🏾‍🤝‍👩🏿SHARE this to keep the knowledge going❤️

👉🏾 sources: Wikipedia + Physician Assistant History Society + Duke University

📸photo credit: Duke University

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THANKS SO MUCH for watching these stories.

Hugs, Love, and Gratitude!

Sally Mc