Dr. Vada Somerville, circa 1950s
Item Overview
- Title
- Dr. Vada Somerville, circa 1950s
- Alternative title
- Dr. Vada Somerville, dentist
- Photographer
- Alexander, Elson
- Date Created
- [circa 1950s]
- Date
- 1950/1960
- Collection
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Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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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.
Studio portrait of Dr. Vada Somerville seated with a book.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- Portrait photographs
- Names
- Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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African American civil rights workers
African American dentists