Pioneering African American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist.
information courtesy of Findagrave contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
Britton attended Berea College, taught music at the school, and studied medicine in Chicago and Tennessee. In 1902, she became the first Black woman in Lexington licensed to practice medicine.
Britton was also a suffragist and civil rights leader. She established the Ladies Orphans' Home Society and the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington.
Source: WLEX 18 News Aug 29, 2023
information courtesy of Findagrave contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
Britton attended Berea College, taught music at the school, and studied medicine in Chicago and Tennessee. In 1902, she became the first Black woman in Lexington licensed to practice medicine.
Britton was also a suffragist and civil rights leader. She established the Ladies Orphans' Home Society and the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington.
Source: WLEX 18 News Aug 29, 2023
Pioneering African American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist.
information courtesy of Findagrave contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
Britton attended Berea College, taught music at the school, and studied medicine in Chicago and Tennessee. In 1902, she became the first Black woman in Lexington licensed to practice medicine.
Britton was also a suffragist and civil rights leader. She established the Ladies Orphans' Home Society and the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington.
Source: WLEX 18 News Aug 29, 2023
information courtesy of Findagrave contributor: BIG BYTE BOOKS (50414254)
Britton attended Berea College, taught music at the school, and studied medicine in Chicago and Tennessee. In 1902, she became the first Black woman in Lexington licensed to practice medicine.
Britton was also a suffragist and civil rights leader. She established the Ladies Orphans' Home Society and the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington.
Source: WLEX 18 News Aug 29, 2023
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