Names: Hill, Betty, 1876-1960 and Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Seated in the front (L to R) are Betty Hill, Dr. Vada Somerville, and Emily Woodie. Back row: 4th from the right is Martha Jefferson Louis. The other women in the photo are unidentified.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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:: July 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:: July 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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