Ferebee, Dorothy Celeste Boulding
1898-1980 · Contribution: 1920s-1960s
Physician and civil rights activist
Physician and civil rights activist providing healthcare to underserved rural communities
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1898, Norfolk, Virginia
- Active since
- 1924
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Best known for
- Mobile health clinics for rural sharecroppers
Impact on the world
Ferebee delivered organized medical care to the rural Black poor of the Deep South, overcoming hostility and logistical obstacles to reach families the health system ignored.
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