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Dr. Edith Irby Jones
 
By Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024
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1 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Edith Irby Jones — Physician — 1927 —
On East Grand Avenue (Business U.S. 70) just east of Malvern Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
She was the first African-American to attend and graduate from major university in the South, the University of Arkansas Medical School, and became a successful doctor, educator and philanthropist in Arkansas, Texas and overseas. — — Map (db m264393) HM
2 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Dr. Edith Irby Jones — Medical Pioneer — Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —
On Central Avenue (State Highway 7) just north of Spring Street, on the right when traveling north.
First African American admitted to a white medical school in the South • First woman President of National Medical Association • Internist of The Year of American Society of Internal Medicine, 1982 • Led health care efforts in Haiti, Africa, China . . . — — Map (db m264900) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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