Juan Bennett Drummond

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Juan F. Bennett Drummond (June 7, 1864 – November 4, 1926) was an American doctor from New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1888, she became the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. She was a descendant of Paul Cuffe. She finished New Bedford High School in 1883 and earned her medical degree from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1888.

Drummond ran a private medical practice for 34 years, first from her home and later from an office above the State Theater in New Bedford. She worked to improve her community and helped found the New Bedford Home for the Aged. She died at her home in New Bedford on November 4, 1926.