May Edward Chinn (1896 - 1980)

Born 15 Apr 1896 in Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Dec 1980 at age 84 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

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May Edward Chinn was an African-American woman physician. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College and the first African-American woman to intern at Harlem Hospital. In her private practice, she provided care for patients who would not otherwise receive treatment. She was a strong advocate of early cancer screening.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia Bio
2. ↑ Black Women Scientists in the United States By Wini Warren, page 26, Indiana University Press, 1999.

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4793502

• Residence (1910) Bronx Assembly District 30, New York, New York, United States
• Residence (1930) Manhattan (Districts 0751-1000), New York, New York, United States

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMKP-2JH), May Chinn, Dec 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• May Edward Chinn collection, Sc MG 93, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library (https://archives.nypl.org/scm/20557#overview : accessed 28 January 2022). [Includes her autobiography and papers regarding her parent's death.]

• U.S. National Library of Medicine, (Bethesda, Maryland, USA), "Changing the Face of Medicine | May Edward Chinn" (https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_61.html : accessed 28 January 2022).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for May Edward Chinn(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9QLT-2WG); contributed by various users.