Consuelo Clark-Stewart
{{short description|American physician}}{{Infobox person
| name = Consuelo Clark-Stewart
| image = Consuelo Clark-Stewart.jpg
| caption = Consuelo Clark-Stewart as a medical student in Boston.
| birth_date = 1861
| birth_place = Ohio
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1910|04|17|1861}}
| alma_mater = Boston University School of Medicine
| occupation = physician
| known_for = The first African American woman to practice medicine in Ohio
| spouse = William R. Stewart (married 1890)
| father = Peter H. Clark
}}
Consuelo Clark-Stewart (July 22, 1860{{Cite book|last=Sanderson|first=Thomas W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yBEAQAAMAAJ&dq=consuelo+clark+stewart&pg=PA337|title=20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens|publisher=Biographical Publishing Company|year=1907|location=Chicago|pages=337|language=en}} – April 17, 1910) was an American physician and the first African American woman to practice medicine in Ohio.{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Nikki M.|title=America's First Black Socialist: The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2013|isbn=9780813140773|location=Lexington, KY|pages=74|language=English}}
For twenty years, Clark-Stewart ran a thriving medical practice in Youngstown, Ohio, where she treated both black and white patients.{{Cite news|date=1908-01-25|title=Clipped From The Salem News|pages=8|work=The Salem News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44925826/the-salem-news/|access-date=2021-11-15}} She was the daughter of Peter H. Clark, who is considered the first Black socialist, and the wife of William R. Stewart, one of the first Black attorneys and elected representatives in Ohio.
Early life
Clark was born in Ohio in 1861, one of three children of abolitionist Peter H. Clark and Frances Ann Williams Clark.{{Cite web|title=Consuelo Clark|url=https://coloredconventions.org/ohio-organizing/biographies/consuelo-clark/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Colored Convention Heartland: Black Organizers, Women and the Ohio Movement|language=en-US}} She graduated from Gaines High School in Cincinnati in 1879.{{Cite news|date=1879-07-01|title=Gaines High School|page=4|pages=|work=The Cincinnati Daily Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44918619/the-cincinnati-daily-star/|access-date=2022-01-02}}
Career
After graduating from high school, Clark studied medicine privately with Dr. Elmira Y. Howard, the first woman physician in Cincinnati. She then obtained a place at Boston University School of Medicine,{{Cite journal|editor-last=Horner|editor-first=J. Richey|date=July 1910|title=Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUlYAAAAMAAJ&q=consuelo|journal=The Journal of the American Institute of Homoeopathy|volume=II|pages=409}} graduating in 1884 after earning the highest honors on her final exams.{{Cite news|date=1884-07-02|title=The Banneker Club|page=1|work=Boston Evening Transcript|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91387062/consuelo-clark-exam-results/|access-date=2021-12-29}} She returned to Ohio and worked at the Ohio Hospital for Women and Children.
In 1890, Clark married attorney William R. Stewart. Thereafter, she referred to herself as Dr. Consuelo Clark-Stewart. She moved with her husband to Youngstown, Ohio, where set up a private practice in medicine and treated both black and white patients.
In Youngstown, Clark-Stewart was active in the YWCA and in setting up free kindergartens.
Death
Clark-Stewart died of Pernicious anemia on April 17, 1910, at the Massillon State Hospital. According to press reports, Clark was also mentally ill and had been judged insane.
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Category:African-American women physicians
Category:People from Youngstown, Ohio
Category:19th-century American women physicians
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