Brown, Dorothy Lavinia

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Dorothy Lavinia Brown was the first black female surgeon in the South; first black woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons; first black woman to serve in the Tennessee State Legislature; and first single woman to adopt a child in Tennessee; b. 1919; also known as Dorothy Brown, Dorothy Lavania Brown, Dorothy Lavenia Brown, and D. Brown.

From the description of Dorothy Lavenia Brown papers, 1957-1976. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70971629

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creatorOf Brown, Dorothy Lavinia. Dorothy Lavenia Brown papers, 1957-1976. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Black oral history collection, 1970-[ongoing]. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Tennessee--Nashville
Tennessee
Subject
Medicine
Surgery
Occupation
African American women legislators
African American women physicians
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Birth 1919-01-07

Death 2004-06-13

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