Steward, Susan McKinney (1847–1918)
Steward, Susan McKinney (1847–1918)
African-American physician. Name variations: Susan Maria Smith McKinney Steward; Dr. Susan McKinney; Dr. Susan Smith. Born Susan Maria Smith, 1847, in Brooklyn, NY; died Mar 7, 1918, at Wilberforce in Ohio; dau. of Anne (Springsteel) Smith and Sylvanus Smith (prosperous pig farmer); m. Rev. William G. McKinney, 1871; m. Theophilus Gould Steward (army chaplain), 1896.
The 3rd African-American woman physician in US and the 1st to practice in New York state, graduated from Clemence Lozier's New York Medical College and Hospital for Women (1870); practiced in Manhattan, then Brooklyn until 1895; helped found and served on staff of the Brooklyn Woman's Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary (1881–95); was board member and physician at Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People (1892–95); conducted postgraduate work at Long Island Medical College Hospital (1887–88), the only woman in her class; spent latter part of career as resident physician and member of the faculty of Wilberforce University; was also active in the temperance and suffrage movements.