Names: Louis, Martha Jefferson, 1912-1991 - 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:: Left to right: Walter Gordon, Hazel Anthony, William Henry "Studd" Greene, Martha Jefferson Louis, Bernard Jefferson.
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:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Griffin, Earl, b. 1914 or 15
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Gathering of women at someone's home, including Vada Somerville (2nd row, 3rd from left) and Martha Jefferson Louis (back row, 6th from right).
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Griffin, Earl, b. 1914 or 15
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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