L. Eudora Ashburne
American physician
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Lydia Eudoria Ashburne Evans (c. 1887 – January 14, 1992) was an African-American female physician. In 1912 she became the first African-American woman to graduate from Howard University School of Medicine and the first African-American woman licensed as a general practitioner in Virginia, following Sarah Garland Boyd Jones's 1893 licensure as the first African-American woman certified by the Virginia State Medical Examining Board.[1][2][3][4]
Lydia Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1887 |
| Died | January 14, 1992 (aged c. 105) |
| Occupation | physician |
| Spouse | Theodore Evans |
Biography
Ashburne was born around 1887.[5] She grew up in Bowers Hill, Virginia and was part of a big family of fourteen siblings.[6][7] Her parents had been formerly enslaved people.[6] Ashburne graduated from Norfolk Mission College in 1908 and went on to earn her medical degree from Howard University Medical School in 1912.[8] Ashburne briefly practiced medicine in Virginia. She moved to Chicago in 1916 and worked there as a physician for around 65 years. She provided charity work for many people in Chicago.[6] Ashburne created the South Side office of the United Cerebral Palsy.[7] Later in life she married Theodore R. P. Evans.[9] She died on January 14, 1992, in Hyde Park.[6]
