Iva Washington was one of the first African Americans to teach in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She attended Los Angeles High School and the University of Southern California (where she earned a teaching credential). She taught in LAUSD; for most of her career she taught at the 36th Street School. Miriam Garrott was the daughter of Dr. Alva Curtis Garrott, the first negro dentist to practice in Los Angeles. Nadine Bratton, Miriam Garrott, Dorothy Vena, Pearl Bratten and Iva Washington on Catalina Island, with Avalon Bay visible in the background.
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Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) African American women Johnson, Dorothy Vena, 1898-1970 Hicks, Nadine Bratton, 1901-1988 Smith, Pearl Bratton, 1901-1985 Garrott, Miriam, b. 1897 Washington, Iva, 1891-1992
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