Dorothy Lavinia Brown
Personal Information
Born: 1919
Died: 2004
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
1941, BA Bennet College; 1948, Meharry Medical School, MD
Professional Life
Field of Study: Medical Surgery
Institution/Corporation: none
Degrees & Memberships: Member: NAACP; Fellow American Council of Surgeons; Honorary Degree: Russell Sage College, Bennett College, Cumberland University; Board of Trustees: Bennett College & Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1993, Humanitarian Award, Carnegie Foundation; 1994, Horatio Alger Award; Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame;
Achievements: 1st African American female appointed to a general surgery residency in racially segregated South, 1948; 1st female African American in Tennessee General Assembly, 1966; 1st African American single woman in Tennessee to be granted the right to be an adoptive parent, 1956; 1st African American woman surgeon Fellow of the American Council of Surgeons
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