Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson
Born
Halle Tanner

(1864-10-17)October 17, 1864
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
DiedApril 26, 1901(1901-04-26) (aged 36)
Nashville, Tennessee, US
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery (Nashville, Tennessee)
Alma materWoman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
OccupationPhysician
Known forThe first woman licensed as a physician in the state of Alabama
RelativesHenry Ossawa Tanner (brother);
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (niece)
Scientific career
FieldsGeneral medicine
InstitutionsTuskegee Institute

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (October 17, 1864 – April 26, 1901) was an American physician and the first woman to be licensed as a physician in the U.S. state of Alabama.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mossell, N. F. (1908). The Work of the Afro-American Women. United States: G.S. Ferguson Company.
  2. ^ ["Mrs. Halle T. Dillon; Bishop B. T. Tanner; Dr. Dillon; Tuskegee"]. Southern Argus (Baxter Springs, Kansas), October 8, 1891: 2. Readex: Readex AllSearch.