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Title
Dr. Vada Somerville, 1912-1920
Alternative Title
Dr. Vada Somerville, dentist
Date Created and/or Issued
[1912-1920]
1912/1920
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Studio portrait of Dr. Vada Somerville.
Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b14_f02_013a.tif
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Subject
African American civil rights workers
African American dentists
Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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