History
Did you know that up until 1981, there were no African American female neurosurgeons? This episode, Sherilyn tells us about the woman that paved the way for African American woman in the field of neurosurgery and in medicine. Expect to be inspired by Dr. Alexa Canady and throughly entertained by your TBH ladies! *We aplogize for the few audio issues you will hearing during this episode.* Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB2sD7mJbSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXlxII3VMmI https://www.biography.com/scientist/alexa-canady https://info.umkc.edu/unews/celebrating-women-in-stem-dr-alexa-canady/ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/canady-alexa-1950/ https://leadersandbestimpact.umich.edu/story/what-it-meant-to-me/ https://www.nwlc.org/title-ix/alexa-canady.html https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-alexa-canady-davis-41 https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_53.html https://aansneurosurgeon.org/features/serving-underprivileged-alexa-irene-canady-md-faansl/