Lydia Eudoria Ashburne Evans (c. 1887 – January 14, 1992) was an African-American woman and a physician.
Lydia Eudoria Ashburne Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1887 |
| Died | January 14, 1992 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | physician |
Biography
editAshburne was born around 1887.[1] She grew up in Bowers Hill, Virginia and was part of a big family of fourteen siblings.[2][3] Her parents had been formerly enslaved people.[2] Ashburne graduated from Norfolk Mission College in 1908 and went on to earn her medical degree from Howard University Medical School in 1912.[4] 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.[2] Ashburne created the South Side office of the United Cerebral Palsy.[3] Later in life she married Theodore R. P. Evans.[5] She died on January 14, 1992, in Hyde Park.[2]
References
edit- ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (2003). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events (2nd, revised and expanded ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 606. ISBN 1-57859-142-2. OCLC 51060259 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d Christian, Sue Ellen (20 January 1992). "Lydia Ashburne Evans, Pioneering Black Doctor". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Barbara (1977-09-29). "65 Years of Memories Earn Doc Her Retirement". Chicago Tribune. p. 72. Retrieved 2020-06-20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "This Week in Black History". Jet. 87 (10): 20. 16 January 1995.
- ^ Bell, Era (November 1996). "Late, Late: Some People Are Glad They Waited". Ebony. 32 (1): 42.