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- Title
America's First African American Women Veterinarians: Alfreda Johnson Webb and Jane Hinton.
- Authors
Whitaker, Susanne K.
- Abstract
The article discusses Alfreda Johnson Webb and Jane Hinton, the first two African American women veterinarians in the US, who were among the 25 women graduating from veterinary colleges in the US and Canada in 1949, a record number up to that time. The educational credentials of both Drs. Webb and Hinton enabled their productive professional careers with achievements in teaching, research, clinical practice, and regulatory medicine.
- Subjects
AFRICAN American women; COLLEGE curriculum; VOLUNTEERS; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; VETERINARY hospitals; ANIMAL welfare; CONCENTRATION camps
- Publication
Veterinary Heritage: Bulletin of the American Veterinary Medical History Society, 2022, Vol 45, Issue 2, p38
- ISSN
1096-5904
- Publication type
Article