What is Edith Irby Jones?
[[File:EdithIrbyJones.jpg|right|200px]] '''Edith Irby Jones''' (December 23, 1927 – July 15, 2019) was an American physician. She was born in [[Conway, Arkansas]]. Jones was the first [[African American]] to be accepted as a non-[[segregation|segregated]] student at the [[University of Arkansas]] Medical School. She was also the first black student to attend racially mixed classes in the [[Southern United States|American South]]. Jones was the first woman president of the [[National Medical Association]]. She was added into the [[Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame]]. Jones died at age 91 on July 15, 2019, in [[Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil rights trailblazer remembered for advancing medicine in Houston |url=https://abc13.com/society/houston-civil-rights-trailblazer-dr-edith-irby-jones-dead-at-91/5398285/ |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=ABC13 Houston |date=16 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Millar |first1=Lindsey |title=Edith Irby Jones, who desegregated UAMS, dies |url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/07/16/edith-irby-jones-who-desegregated-uams-dies |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Arkansas Times |date=16 July 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Edith Irby}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Educators from Arkansas]] [[Category:Scientists from Arkansas]] {{US-bio-stub}}