Dr Marilyn Hughes Gaston
Dr. Gaston was the first African American woman to direct a Public Health Service Bureau.
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Dr Matilda Arabella Evans
Dr. Matilda Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina.
Celia Cruz
Known worldwide as the “Queen of Salsa,” Cruz recorded more than 70 albums and received countless accolades.
Sarah Whitby
Among the many African American families that moved to Washington were the Whitbys; Sarah Whitby worked as a laundress. She had nine children, and although she was herself illiterate, all of her children could read.
Georgia Nugent
In late 1903, Georgia organized a state-wide Black women’s clubs’ event with her sister Alice, Nannie Helen Burroughs, and other activists. On December 31, 1903, they formed the Kentucky Chapter of the Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs.
Vera Shoffner Russell
Vera Shoffner Russell graduated from West Virginia State College as a math and physics major in 1951. She took the government employment math test and was offered a position at the NSA. She reported to the Agency in 1951 and was assigned as a programmer on the early computers, ABNER 2, ATLAS 1, and ATLAS 2.
Dr May Edward Chinn
Dr. Chinn was the first African American woman to hold an internship at Harlem Hospital, the first woman to ride with the Harlem Hospital ambulance crew on emergency calls and the first African American woman to graduate from the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1926.
Dr Lucille C Norville Perez
Lucille Perez, M.D., was associate director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She was a leading authority on substance abuse and HIV prevention, and headed the internationally renowned Faculty Department Program at CSAP.
Dr Joycelyn Elders
Dr. Joycelyn Elders was the first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology and the first African American and only the second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service.
Dr Margaret Hamburg
Margaret Hamburg, one of the youngest people ever elected to the Institute of Medicine (IoM, an affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences), is a highly regarded expert in community health and bio-defense, including preparedness for nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. As health commissioner for New York City from 1991 to 1997, she developed innovative programs for controlling the spread of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.