Helen Octavia Dickens

Helen Octavia Dickens (February 21, 1909 – December 2, 2001) was an American physician, medical and social activist, health equity advocate, researcher, health administrator, and health educator. She was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons in 1950, and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Quotes It was what I wanted to do and I didn’t see why I couldn’t do it. Follow your dream. You got two feet and a head? Keep going. My professional career in medicine has been inspired mainly by the many badly needed services to youth in the Black community. If every woman in Philadelphia had a Pap test once a year no woman need die of uterine cancer. External links Category:Physicians from Ohio Category:Social activists Category:Health activists Category:Women activists from the United States Category:1909 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Women born in the 1900s