Kathleen Jones-King Explained

Kathleen Jones-King
Other Names:Kathleen Jones-King Durousseau (married name)
Birth Date:May 12, 1905
Birth Place:Barbados
Death Date:December 10, 1999
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation:Physician, clubwoman

Kathleen Heloise Jones-King (May 12, 1905 – December 10, 1999) was an American physician and clubwoman, born in Barbados, raised in New York City, and based in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles during her career. She was one of the first Caribbean-born women to earn a medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine.

Early life

Jones-King was born in Barbados, the daughter of Joseph Archibald Jones-King and Kathleen Jones-King. Her family moved to New York in 1906. As a teenager, she won a Boys' and Girls' Club award for her science project on ageratum, or floss flowers.[1] She graduated from Hunter College and completed a medical degree at the Howard University College of Medicine in 1931,[2] [3] one year after the medical school's first known Caribbean woman graduate, Pearl Strachn of Jamaica.[4]

Jones-King pursued further studies in gynecology in Philadelphia in 1941.[5]

Career

Jones-King completed an internship at Freedmen's Hospital,[6] [7] had a private practice in Washington, D.C., spoke at public health events,[8] [9] and taught bacteriology courses at Howard University.[10] [11] She spent much of her career practicing medicine in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, sharing a practice with Hughenna L. Gauntlett.[12] In 1959, she and Gauntlett helped at a large polio vaccination clinic in South Los Angeles.[13] She was also a resident physician at Kern General Hospital in California.[14] [15]

Jones-King served on the advisory board of the Handicapped Placement Center of Los Angeles, a job-placement program.[16] She was one of the three women doctors who ran a twice-monthly women's clinic at San Antonio Health Center, sponsored by the Huntington Park Woman's Club.[17]

Jones-King was active in Twelve Big Sisters, a philanthropic women's club in Los Angeles.[18] [19] She was also a patron of the Jack and Jill Club of Los Angeles,[20] and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho.[21] She was a charter life member of the Howard University Medical Alumni Association.[22]

Personal life

Jones-King married John Steele in 1936; he died two months later.[23] [24] She later married A. P. Durousseau;[25] they divorced in 1953.[26] She had two sons, Wilburn Pinkard Durousseau, who also became a medical doctor,[27] [28] and Joseph-Pierre. She died in 1999, aged 94 years.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1922-04-11. Boys' and Girls' Club Prizes are Awarded. 15. Times Union. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1999-12-15. Obituary for Kathleen JONES-KING (Aged 94). 262. The Los Angeles Times. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1931-06-06. Canon Stokes Urges Growth at Howard U. Exercises. 3. Evening Star. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  4. Sinnette. C. H.. May 1994. Howard University College of Medicine and the education of Caribbean-born medical doctors.. Journal of the National Medical Association. 86. 5. 389–392. 0027-9684. 2607673. 8046770.
  5. News: 1942-05-14. Dr. Kathleen Jones-King in Offices Here. 7. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  6. Book: New Age Publishing Company. The Official Negro Directory and Classified Buyers Guide (1942-1943). 1942. Chris and Diana Treadway.. 222. Internet Archive.
  7. News: June 13, 1931. Freedmen's Hospital Internes Selected. 17. Baltimore Afro-American. September 25, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
  8. News: 1935-03-30. Health Will be Topic. 16. Evening Star. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1934-09-10. Civic Forum Meets. 34. Evening Star. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1933-03-25. 'Tuberculosis' is Topic. 4. Evening Star. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1934-09-09. Forum to Open Season. 12. Evening Star. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  12. Web site: Los Angeles African American Heritage in Science, Engineering and Medicine. 2021-09-26. LA Almanac.
  13. News: 1959-06-11. Two Health Councils Arrange Polio Clinic. 59. The Southwest Wave. 2021-09-26. Newspapers.com.
  14. News: December 26, 1955. Newcomer News. 29. Bakersfield Californian. September 25, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
  15. News: January 5, 1956. First Baby Born at Kern General. 35. Bakersfield Californian. September 25, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
  16. News: 1955-06-02. Dr. W. McCoo Coordinator of Medical Panel. 5. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1952-05-08. Moms, Clinic Heads Honored at Luncheon. 18. South Gate Press. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1952-10-09. Save-A-Girl is Project of Club. 7. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1952-11-06. Twelve Big Sisters Plan Gala Queen's Court Revue. 7. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1953-01-29. Polka for Polio Draws Crowd to El Sombrero. 9. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1946-06-27. Guidance in Vocations Given Grads by the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. 11. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  22. Web site: Programs : Charter Life Members. 2021-09-26. Howard University Medical Alumni Association (HUMAA). en.
  23. News: December 27, 1941. 'Give Me Back my Baby': Love Life is Bared in Custody Suit. 1, 2. Baltimore Afro American. September 25, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
  24. News: 1942-01-10. D. C. Medics Settle Suit out of Court. 24. The Pittsburgh Courier. 2021-09-26. Newspapers.com.
  25. News: 1952-11-20. Pearl Taylor Wins Crown in Court Revue. 8. California Eagle. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  26. News: 1953-05-13. Divorces Granted. 35. The Los Angeles Times. 2021-09-25. Newspapers.com.
  27. Web site: Wilburn Pinkard Durousseau. 2021-09-25. African Americans @ Dartmouth College, 1775-1960.
  28. Web site: Wilburn Durousseau. 2021-09-25. CDU Profiles.

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