Eunice Shadd

Eunice P. Shadd, also known as Eunice Lindsay (1846 – January 4, 1888), was an American-Canadian physician born in Pennsylvania and raised in Chatham, Ontario. She was the first black woman to graduate from Howard University College of Medicine.

Early life Eunice Shadd was born in 1846 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She was raised Catholic as one of 13 children born to Abraham D. Shadd and Harriet Burton Parnell, who were free African-Americans. Her father was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and known throughout anti-slavery activists. Mary Ann had written a pamphlet, "A Plea for Emigration, or Notes on Canada West in Its Moral, Social and Political Aspect" that informed free and enslaved blacks of the benefits of moving to Canada for freedom. (A newspaper said that her brother J.D.) Shadd was a Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, and graduated in 1872. Shadd taught public school, and then enrolled in Howard's medical program in 1875. At Howard, Shadd studied with Charles Purvis.

Personal life

Shadd married Frank T. Lindsay, who was born in Jamestown, North Carolina, on December 28, 1849. He attended Oberlin College, Santhale Seminary, and Howard University College of Medicine, graduating in 1875 with a medical degree.

Eunice Shadd died on January 4, 1888, in Xenia. She is buried in Chatham Kent, Ontario Lindsay remarried after Shadd's death.