Librarian
Hannah Schilperoort
she/her/hers
Contact:
schilper@usc.edu
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Wilson Dental Library
925 W. 34th Street, DEN 21
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Wilson Dental Library
925 W. 34th Street, DEN 21
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641
213-740-1441
Website
Subjects: Dentistry, Health Sciences
Dr. Vada Watson Somerville, D.D.S.
In 2018, Vada Watson Somerville, D.D.S., became the first black woman to graduate from USC and the first black woman in California with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.
History of Vada Somerville
- Vada SomervilleWikipedia
- Somerville Place Residential FloorUSC Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs
- Vada Watson Somerville (1885-1972)BlackPast
- Vada Watson SomervilleUniversity of Michigan School of Dentistry Sindecuse Museum
- Biography of Dr. Vada Somerville, 1885-1972Alexander Street
- A Pioneer of Black Los AngelesLos Angeles Times
- Vada SomervillePeoplePill
Wilson Dental Library Exhibition Picture Credits
- Women's Council for Better Community Relations, 1952USC Digital Library
- Sorority sistersLos Angeles Public Library
- W. E. B. Du Bois with Lillian Evanti and Vada Somerville, Los Angeles, 1947University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Hostesses for Haitian Olympic teamLos Angeles Public Library