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A Story of Courage from Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

🎉 No Longer Footnotes Is Live!

Jun 1

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Hello friends,

Launch day is here! After months of research, writing, and design, I’m thrilled to share that No Longer Footnotes: A Reflection & Resilience Workbook is officially available. 🎊

This workbook is my labor of love—born from the 100 Historic Black Women You Should Know By Election Day series—and it brings the wisdom of incredible Black women directly into your hands as a toolkit for living with intention, clarity, and courage.

A Story of Bravery: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

One of my favorite examples comes from Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman physician in the United States.

Her Journey: After earning her medical degree in 1864, she moved to Richmond, Virginia, to treat newly freed Black Americans during Reconstruction—despite threats from white colleagues and patients.
Her Impact: Over the next decade, she cared for thousands in freedmen’s communities that had no access to doctors. Then, in 1883, she published A Book of Medical Discourses, one of the earliest medical guides by a Black author, combining clinical insight with empathy for patients marginalized by poverty and racism.
Her Legacy: Dr. Crumpler saw documenting her work as an act of resistance—turning her experience into a guide that preserved life-saving knowledge for future practitioners.

In Theme One: “Wisdom Is a Technology,” we dive into how Dr. Crumpler treated her own experience as code—something to study, preserve, and apply. We unpack her strategies (practicing under threat, writing a medical text) and offer a practical exercise to help you turn your own insights into a blueprint others can use.

What You’ll Find Inside the Workbook

Five Themes grounded in real stories of historic Black women
Actionable exercises to turn lived experience into lasting impact
Journal prompts that challenge and affirm your growth
Reflections on leadership, rest, legacy, and credibility

You don’t need a PhD or a boardroom title to benefit. You just need to believe your life is worth building with intention.

Next Steps

Download your workbook now
👉🏾 Grab No Longer Footnotes here: https://stan.store/iamshaeo/p/no-longer-footnotes
Journal on Dr. Crumpler’s example:
Ask yourself: What “lived knowledge” do I carry that could guide someone else tomorrow?
Share the launch with a friend who needs a reminder that wisdom can come from unexpected places. Forward this email or spread the word on social.
Tag me on Instagram or Threads (@iamshaeo) so I can celebrate with you. I’d love to see which pages or insights spark your “aha” moments.

Thank you for being part of this journey. When you open No Longer Footnotes, you’re not just reading a workbook—you’re joining a lineage of women who refused to be erased. Today, that legacy is yours to claim and carry forward, one page, one insight, one action at a time.

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Because Black women’s stories — past and present — should never be footnotes.

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