Barred From Denver Hospitals, Black Woman Doc Practiced Medicine at Home

“This is someone who applied year after year to the American Medical Association, the Colorado Medical Society and the Denver Medical Society. And, it’s not until 1950 that they let her in. “They kept telling her ‘no,’ but she kept trying year after year. It’s beautiful to have that persistence,” said Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, who leads Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she is also an assistant professor.