Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Vada Somerville, 1890-1910

Item Overview

Title

Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Vada Somerville, 1890-1910

Alternative title

Vada Watson family

Date Created

[1890-1910]

Date

1890/1910

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

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 Dora Johnson Watson McDonald, mother of Dr. Vada Somerville.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

McDonald, Dora Johnson Watson, b. 1861

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American families