Edith Irby Jones

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edith_Irby_Jones
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Arkansas_Medical_School
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medical_Association_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:Texas_Women's_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-12-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Conway,_Arkansas,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2019-07-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edith Irby Jones
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Medical_Association
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor first African American student admitted to the University of Arkansas Medical School
first black student to attend racially mixed classes in the American South
first female president of the National Medical Association
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physician
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:James_B._Jones
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:University_of_Arkansas_for_Medical_Sciences
gptkb:Alabama_A&M_University
gptkb:Delta_Sigma_Theta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6