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In Remembrance: Doris L. Wethers ’52MD Died on January 28 2019

Dr. Doris L. Wethers passed away on January 28, 2019, at the age of 91. Just the third black woman to graduate from Yale Medical School, she went on to break racial barriers in the medical field and gain renown as a pioneer in the fight against sickle cell anemia.

A full story appeared in the New York Times on February 7, 2019.

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Lethia D Bowie, 9:12am December 02 2021 | Flag as inappropriate

Rest In Peace Dr.Wethers. You were my Sons Doctor when they growing up. You will be remembered.

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