Virginia M. Alexander

Virginia M. Alexander
Born
Virginia Margaret Alexander[1][2]

February 4, 1899
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[3]
DiedJuly 24, 1949 (aged 50)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWoman's Medical College of Pennsylvania[3]
Known forFounding the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia
Scientific career
FieldsObstetrics and gynecology

Virginia Margaret Alexander (February 4, 1899 – July 24, 1949)[4][2] was an American physician, public health researcher, and the founder of the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ Biography, afsc.org. Accessed February 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Gamble, Vanessa Northington (August 2016). ""Outstanding Services to Negro Health": Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Dr. Virginia M. Alexander, and Black Women Physicians' Public Health Activism". American Journal of Public Health. 106 (8): 1397–1404. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303252. ISSN 1541-0048. PMC 4940657. PMID 27310348.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Virginia M. Alexander". Biography. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Spurgeon Johnson, Charles (2012) [1936]. A Preface to Racial Understanding. Friendship Press. pp. 126–130. ISBN 978-1258308735.