Genre: photographs / Names: Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972 and Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (left), First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unidentified woman, at a reception honoring Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt hosted by Vada Somerville in her home. This is probably at the house at 2401 Harvard Blvd.
Date:: January 17-18, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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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.
Date:: January 17-18, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Anne F. O'Ferrall was the President of the Metropolitan branch of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) from 1948 to 1952.
Date:: January 17-18, 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Blakeley Avalon Photographers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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