- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Dr. Leila Denmark
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1970
- Subject:
- Physicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Children--1970-1980
Clothing & dress--1970-1980
Hairstyles--1970-1980
Medical offices--Georgia--Atlanta
Medical equipment & supplies
Medical personnel--Georgia--Atlanta
Medicine - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Dr. Leila Denmark doing volunteer service with an infant patient at the Baby Clinic of the Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
doctors; medical instruments; baby; diaper; mother; mom; women docots; female doctors;
Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark (1898-2012) was a pediatrician in Atlanta, Georgia, until her retirement at the age of 103. When she retired in May 2001, she was the world’s oldest practicing physician. She was a pioneering female doctor and medical researcher. She graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1928 where she was the only female in the graduating class. She was awarded the Fisher Prize in 1935 for co-developing the pertussis vaccine. During her career, she worked at Grady Hospital and Henrietta Egleston Hospital at Emory University. She worked in private practice, taking referrals from the Public Health Department. She died at the age of 114. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3913.001
ahc1703913001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2307
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
