Dr U Diane Buckingham
Dr. Buckingham has received the Presidential Scholar Award from the Black American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Black National Medical Association, Psychiatry Division, Chester Pierce Resident’s Award.
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Dr Yvonnecris Smith Veal
Dr. Yvonnecris Veal was the fifth African American student to be enrolled in the Medical College of Virginia, at a time when only 14 of the 26 southern medical schools had accepted black students. She was the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees of the National Medical Association.
Dr Sadye Curry
In 1972, Dr. Sayde Curry was the first African American woman to become a gastroenterologist in the United States, and the only African American to train in the gastroenterology fellowship program at Duke University.
Dr Regina Marcia Benjamin
Dr. Benjamin was appointed U.S. Surgeon General in 2009.
María Concepción Bautista Vázquez
Maria Concepcion Bautista Vázquez is a Tsotsil writer and painter from the Tsotsil pueblo of Huixtan, Chiapas.
Marie-Thérèse Colimon-Hall
Marie Thérèse Colimon-Hall wrote three plays, a novel, a collection of short stories and numerous collections of poetry and essays. She is considered one of Haiti’s most prominent female authors.
Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé is the author of several novels, numerous plays, books of short stories, and essays and articles on African and Caribbean literature.
Dr Maxine Hayes
Maxine Hayes has dedicated her life to teaching and public service, focusing her efforts on disease prevention.
Dr Marilyn Hughes Gaston
Dr. Gaston was the first African American woman to direct a Public Health Service Bureau.
Dr Matilda Arabella Evans
Dr. Matilda Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina.