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Joyce Yerwood
1909–1987
United States
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Biography
Ursula Joyce Yerwood (January 1909 – October 2, 1987) was the first female African American physician in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and founder of the Yerwood Center, the first community center for African Americans in Stamford, Connecticut.
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