Etta Gray Explained

Etta Gray
Birth Name:Etta Glass
Birth Date:November 26, 1880
Birth Place:Whitesboro, Texas
Death Date:October 24, 1970
Death Place:Pomona, California
Occupation:Physician, clubwoman

Etta Glass Gray (November 26, 1880 – October 24, 1970) was an American physician, surgeon, and clubwoman from Los Angeles. She was head of the American Women's Hospitals Service work in Serbia after World War I. She was president of the American Medical Women's Association from 1919 to 1920.

Early life and education

Etta Glass was born in Whitesboro, Texas, the daughter of J. R. Glass, and adopted or fostered by a California woman named Emma C. Gray.[1] [2] She graduated from Hanford Union High School in 1902,[3] and graduated from Stanford University with a medical degree in 1906.[4] [5]

Career

Gray was a surgeon in Los Angeles.[6] [7] [8] She was California state chair of the American Women's Hospitals Service,[9] [10] left for France with the organization in the autumn of 1918,[11] [12] and directed the service's five hospitals in Serbia from 1920 to 1922.[13] [14] She adopted a Serbian orphan during her time there.[15] [16] She was president of the American Medical Women's Association from 1919 to 1920.[17]

Gray was state chair of public health for the California Federation of Women's Clubs in the 1920s.[18] In 1928, she and another doctor, Olive Walton, broke ground for a new hospital on the grounds of the Los Angeles Juvenile Hall.[19] In 1931, She gave a series of lectures on child health in Los Angeles.[20]

Gray was elected president of the Los Angeles chapter of Soroptimists in 1932.[21] Also in 1932, she was the physician assigned to women athletes at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1943, she testified for the prosecution in the statutory rape trial of actor Errol Flynn.[22]

Gray was an enthusiastic gardener, especially known for her orchids and irises; she was co-chair of the Hollywood Garden Club in the 1940s.[23]

Personal life

Gray raised her daughter, Jane Gray, in Los Angeles.[24] Gray died in Pomona, California in 1970, at the age of 89.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1970-11-11 . Obituary for Etta Gray . 2 . The Hanford Sentinel . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1926-06-27 . Widow of Well-known Armona Man is Dead . 5 . The Fresno Bee . 2023-04-06 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1938-05-05 . Hanford High Class of 1900 Will Have Re-Union . 3 . The Hanford Sentinel . 2023-04-06 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Pollard-Terry . Gayle . 2003-01-18 . Tea and memories . 2023-04-05 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  5. News: 1933-09-03 . Another Local Girl Makes Good in City; Etta Gray Featured in L.A. Times Story . 3 . Hanford Morning Journal . 2023-04-06 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1919-01-14 . Wrong One Operated On; Now the Doctor is Sued . 1 . Riverside Daily Press . April 5, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  7. News: 1918-08-27 . Ask $2500 Damages as Result of Operation . 11 . Los Angeles Herald . April 5, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  8. News: Whitaker . Alma . 1933-08-28 . Los Angeles Woman Wins Medical Career Success . A8 . Los Angeles Times . ProQuest.
  9. News: 1918-07-06 . Patriotic Meeting . 1 . Highland Park News-Herald and Journal . April 5, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  10. News: 1918-06-03 . Ad Club Will Hear Prominent Speakers . 1 . Los Angeles Herald . April 5, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  11. News: 1918-10-24 . L. A. Women Doctors to Leave for France . 13 . Los Angeles Herald . 2023-04-05 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  12. News: 1919-08-12 . Dr. Etta Gray Sets Sail for Foreign Lands . 1 . The Hanford Sentinel . 2023-04-06 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1919-08-05 . Angeleno May Open Hospital in Serbia . 30 . Los Angeles Herald . 2023-04-05 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  14. News: Snook . Edna Woodhams . 1922-04-02 . American Medical Women in Europe Said Better Diplomats, Treaty-Makers than Real Ones . San Diego Union and Daily Bee . 2023-04-05 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  15. Keir . Alissa Franc . March 1925 . Would You Call a Woman Doctor? . Success Magazine . 80–85, 126–128.
  16. News: 1922-11-10 . Tiny Refugee has an American Home . 7 . Hanford Sentinel . 2023-04-05 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  17. https://www.amwa-doc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AMWA-LEADS-2021-Program-Book.pdf "AMWA Presidents"
  18. Web site: 1928 . Resolution [on milk], introduced by Dr. Etta Gray, State Chairman of Public Health, California Federation of Women's Clubs ]. 2023-04-05 . California State University, Northridge; Oviatt Library; via ArchiveGrid . en.
  19. News: 1928-04-01 . Sod Turned at Juvenile Group Site . 100 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1931-10-16 . Delivering a Course of Child Health Lectures . 11 . Eagle Rock Advertiser . 2023-04-05 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  21. News: 1932-12-30 . Dr. Etta Gray . 8 . Los Angeles Evening Post-Record . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: 1943-01-22 . Flynn Case Hears Doctor . 8 . Lodi News-Sentinel . 2023-04-06 . Newspapers.com.
  23. News: 1947-04-15 . Eighth Annual Iris Show April 26, 27 . 10 . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com.
  24. News: 1933-12-24 . Members and their Guests Receive Gifts . 22 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-04-05 . Newspapers.com.

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