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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
Keywords
Ella Mae Simmons, migration, work, family
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