Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee

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Birth
October 10, 1898, Norfolk, Virginia
Death
September 14, 1980, Washignton, D.C.
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Richard Gault Leslie Paige (maternal grandfather), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (aunt)

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Tufts University Medical School (1924), Simmons College (1920)

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・Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Epsilon & Xi Omega Chapters);

・National Council of Negro Women (President, 1949-1953)

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→The Mississippi Health Project (Founder, Director 1935-1942)

→Southeast Neighborhood House (Founder, 1929)

→D.C. Commission on the Status of Women; U.S. Delegate to the 20th Assembly of the World Health Organization in Geneva (appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson)

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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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