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Beebe Steven Lynk

1872–1948

United States

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Beebe Steven Lynk (1872–1948) served as the professor of medical Latin botany and materia medica at the University of West Tennessee. She was one of the first female African American professors in the country. She was also an active member of the early black women's club movement and an author.

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