English, Josephine (1920-2011)

Josephine English was a medical doctor. She moved to Englewood in 1939. She attended Hunter College and gained a master's in psychology from New York University. She gained a medical degree from the Meharry Medical College School of Medicine graduating in 1949. She became New York State's first licensed black female gynecologist. She worked at Harlem Hospital before opening a women's clinic in the Bronx in 1958. She founded the Adelphi Medical Center in Brooklyn in 1979. 

Tat, Lihn. "Dr. Josephine English, 91." The Record, 1 Jan. 2012, p.L3. 

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1920-12-17

Ontario, Virginia, uSA

2011-12-18

Tat, Lihn. "Dr. Josephine English, 91." The Record, 1 Jan. 2012, p.L3.