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New statue in Aurora honors Dr. Justina Ford, trailblazing Colorado physician

The Aurora Highlands development now features a bronze sculpture featuring Dr. Justina Ford. Ford was Colorado's first Black female doctor. She delivered more than 7,000 babies and cared for immigrants, people of color and the impoverished for five decades from her home in Denver.
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