Lydia Eudora Ashburne Evans, MD had a 65 year career in medicine and was the first black woman licensed as a general practice physician in the state of Virginia, and the first woman to graduate from the medical school at Howard University (1912). She moved to Chicago and established the first south side United Cerebral Palsy clinic.

She lived to be 105 years old.

Alum:
Norfolk Mission College
Howard University Medical School

Honorary Lydia Eudora Ashburne Way

East Pershing Road from South Martin Luther King Drive to South Vincennes Avenue

Approved: June 2024

Ward: 04
Alderman: Lamont Robinson
Neighborhood: Hyde Park

b. 1887 in Portsmouth, Virginia
d. January 14, 1992. Age 105 in Chicago

Source

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Eudora_Ashburne

https://www.dailypress.com/1992/01/21/lydia-eudora-ashburne-noted-doctor-dies-at-105/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/01/20/lydia-ashburne-evans-pioneering-black-doctor/