Mildred Fay Jefferson, MD, black heroine extraordinaire
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February 12, 2021
Mildred Fay Jefferson, MD, a past board member of American Life League, past president of the National Right to Life Committee, The Right to Life Crusade, and recipient of 28 honorary degrees, died in 2010, but she remains in our hearts to this very day. Dr. Jefferson was a woman of amazing talents with an incredible commitment to the babies.
If there ever was a woman who should be honored during Black History Month, it is she.
Dr. Jefferson was a heroic and inspiring, yet humble, leader who made her mark on the history books in many waysincluding being the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School.