Kathleen Heloise Jones-King (May 12, 1905 – December 10, 1999) was an American physician and clubwoman, born in Barbados, raised in New York City, and based in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles during her career. She was one of the first Caribbean-born women to earn a medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine.
Kathleen Jones-King | |
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 Kathleen Jones-King, from a 1942 directory | |
| Born | May 12, 1905 Barbados |
| Died | December 10, 1999 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Other names | Kathleen Jones-King Durousseau (married name) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, clubwoman |
Early life
editJones-King was born in Barbados, the daughter of Joseph Archibald Jones-King and Kathleen Jones-King. Her family moved to New York in 1906. As a teenager, she won a Boys' and Girls' Club award for her science project on ageratum, or floss flowers.[1] She graduated from Hunter College and completed a medical degree at the Howard University College of Medicine in 1931,[2][3] one year after the medical school's first known Caribbean woman graduate, Pearl Strachn of Jamaica.[4]
Jones-King pursued further studies in gynecology in Philadelphia in 1941.[5]
Career
editJones-King completed an internship at Freedmen's Hospital,[6][7] had a private practice in Washington, D.C.,[5] spoke at public health events,[8][9] and taught bacteriology courses at Howard University.[10][11] She spent much of her career practicing medicine in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles,[2] sharing a practice with Hughenna L. Gauntlett.[12] In 1959, she and Gauntlett helped at a large polio vaccination clinic in South Los Angeles.[13] She was also a resident physician at Kern General Hospital in California.[14][15]
Jones-King served on the advisory board of the Handicapped Placement Center of Los Angeles, a job-placement program.[16] She was one of the three women doctors who ran a twice-monthly women's clinic at San Antonio Health Center, sponsored by the Huntington Park Woman's Club.[17]
Jones-King was active in Twelve Big Sisters, a philanthropic women's club in Los Angeles.[18][19] She was also a patron of the Jack and Jill Club of Los Angeles,[20] and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho.[21] She was a charter life member of the Howard University Medical Alumni Association.[22]
Personal life
editJones-King married John Steele in 1936; he died two months later.[23][24] She later married A. P. Durousseau;[25] they divorced in 1953.[26] She had two sons, Wilburn Pinkard Durousseau, who also became a medical doctor,[27][28] and Joseph-Pierre. She died in 1999, aged 94 years.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Boys' and Girls' Club Prizes are Awarded". Times Union. 1922-04-11. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Obituary for Kathleen JONES-KING (Aged 94)". The Los Angeles Times. 1999-12-15. p. 262. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Canon Stokes Urges Growth at Howard U. Exercises". Evening Star. 1931-06-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sinnette, C. H. (May 1994). "Howard University College of Medicine and the education of Caribbean-born medical doctors". Journal of the National Medical Association. 86 (5): 389–392. ISSN 0027-9684. PMC 2607673. PMID 8046770.
- ^ a b "Dr. Kathleen Jones-King in Offices Here". California Eagle. 1942-05-14. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ New Age Publishing Company (1942). The Official Negro Directory and Classified Buyers Guide (1942-1943). Chris and Diana Treadway. p. 222 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Freedmen's Hospital Internes Selected". Baltimore Afro-American. June 13, 1931. p. 17. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Health Will be Topic". Evening Star. 1935-03-30. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Civic Forum Meets". Evening Star. 1934-09-10. p. 34. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Tuberculosis' is Topic". Evening Star. 1933-03-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Forum to Open Season". Evening Star. 1934-09-09. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Los Angeles African American Heritage in Science, Engineering and Medicine". LA Almanac. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Two Health Councils Arrange Polio Clinic". The Southwest Wave. 1959-06-11. p. 59. Retrieved 2021-09-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Newcomer News". Bakersfield Californian. December 26, 1955. p. 29. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "First Baby Born at Kern General". Bakersfield Californian. January 5, 1956. p. 35. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Dr. W. McCoo Coordinator of Medical Panel". California Eagle. 1955-06-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Moms, Clinic Heads Honored at Luncheon". South Gate Press. 1952-05-08. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Save-A-Girl is Project of Club". California Eagle. 1952-10-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Twelve Big Sisters Plan Gala Queen's Court Revue". California Eagle. 1952-11-06. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Polka for Polio Draws Crowd to El Sombrero". California Eagle. 1953-01-29. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Guidance in Vocations Given Grads by the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority". California Eagle. 1946-06-27. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Programs : Charter Life Members". Howard University Medical Alumni Association (HUMAA). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "'Give Me Back my Baby': Love Life is Bared in Custody Suit". Baltimore Afro American. December 27, 1941. p. 1, 2. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "D. C. Medics Settle Suit out of Court". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1942-01-10. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-09-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pearl Taylor Wins Crown in Court Revue". California Eagle. 1952-11-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Divorces Granted". The Los Angeles Times. 1953-05-13. p. 35. Retrieved 2021-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wilburn Pinkard Durousseau". African Americans @ Dartmouth College, 1775-1960. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Wilburn Durousseau". CDU Profiles. Retrieved 2021-09-25.