Dr. Vada Somerville with five women, circa 1960

Item Overview

Title

Dr. Vada Somerville with five women, circa 1960

Alternative title

Somerville community activities (1)

Photographer

Rothschild Photo (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Date Created

[circa 1960]

Date

1960

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Dr. Vada Somerville (standing, right) with five other women at an event.
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.

Caption

Photographer's stamp on back of photo: Rothschild / Photo / Los Angeles / DU. 7-2284

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American civil rights workers
African American dentists