Title

Ella Mae Simmons, the nurse ca. 1940s

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Creator

Provenance

Reverend Harold Turner, donor

Creation Date

1940

Description

Simmons graduated from Hampton University in 1940, later worked as a nurse and social worker before graduating from medical school. She became the first Black woman doctor at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco, California in the 1960s.; Simmons in her nurse's uniform ca. 1940s

Coverage-Spatial

Knox County, Ohio

Coverage-Temporal

ca. 1940s