Flying with Dorothy Boulding Ferebee

Dorothy Boulding Ferebee died on September 14, 1980. It is important that we know her. She was an African-American physician, administrator, international leader on children, youth, and women. She was also at he 2nd President of the National Council for Negro Women.

She also served as a professor at the Howard University Medical School and as Director of Howard University's Health Services while she maintained her private medical practice. She became a member of the executive board of UNICEF and the White House’s Children and Youth Council. The U.S. Department of Labor sent her to Germany in 1951 to investigate the problems of the women. A

An interesting footnote, she had twins. Claude Jr., and Dorothy, one named after her husband and the other after her!