#GAReads | Women's History Month: Helen O. Dickens transformed women's health care

“Women's History Month: Helen O. Dickens transformed women's health care”:

Dr. Helen O. Dickens broke barriers for African-American women in medicine and health care for all women in Philadelphia and across the country.

She was the first African-American woman to become a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist in Philadelphia, the first African-American woman to serve in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the first African-American female fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

She opened the first clinic for pregnant teens at Penn in 1967, and was an early champion of Pap smears and health programs aimed at preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

Read Ayana Jones’ full article at The Philadelphia Tribune here…