Halle Tanner Dillon, 1891

Halle Tanner Dillon (1864-1901) was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Alabama. She is shown here (encircled, top right) with the 1891 graduation class of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Halle Tanner Dillon in 1891, first woman to practice medicine in Alabama
Photo courtesy of the Legacy Center Archives, Drexel College of Medicine
Halle Tanner Dillon in 1891, first woman to practice medicine in Alabama