L. Eudora Ashburne

Lydia Evans
Bornc. 1887
DiedJanuary 14, 1992 (aged c. 105)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupationphysician
SpouseTheodore Evans

Lydia Eudoria Ashburne Evans (c. 1887 – January 14, 1992) was an African-American female physician. In 1912 she became the first African-American woman to graduate from Howard University School of Medicine and the first African-American woman licensed as a general practitioner in Virginia, following Sarah Garland Boyd Jones's 1893 licensure as the first African-American woman certified by the Virginia State Medical Examining Board.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Ashburne was born around 1887.[5] She grew up in Bowers Hill, Virginia and was part of a big family of fourteen siblings.[6][7] Her parents had been formerly enslaved people.[6] Ashburne graduated from Norfolk Mission College in 1908 and went on to earn her medical degree from Howard University Medical School in 1912.[8] 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.[6] Ashburne created the South Side office of the United Cerebral Palsy.[7] Later in life she married Theodore R. P. Evans.[9] She died on January 14, 1992, in Hyde Park.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Garland Boyd Jones (1866 - 1905)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Lydia Eudora Ashburne". Honorary Chicago. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "LYDIA ASHBURNE EVANS, PIONEERING BLACK DOCTOR". Chicago Tribune. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "This Week in Black History". Jet: 22. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Christian, Sue Ellen (20 January 1992). "Lydia Ashburne Evans, Pioneering Black Doctor". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  7. 1 2 Reynolds, Barbara (1977-09-29). "65 Years of Memories Earn Doc Her Retirement". Chicago Tribune. p. 72. Retrieved 2020-06-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "This Week in Black History". Jet. 87 (10): 20. 16 January 1995.
  9. ↑ Bell, Era (November 1996). "Late, Late: Some People Are Glad They Waited". Ebony. 32 (1): 42.
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