Georgia Rooks Dwelle, MD — public health, pediatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology
Courtesy Spelman College Archives
Dr. Georgia Dwelle (1884–1977), the first Spelman College alumna to attend medical school, established the Dwelle Infirmary in 1920 in Atlanta. It was Georgia’s first general hospital for African Americans and first obstetrical hospital for African American women. The infirmary, which also featured a pediatric clinic, was Georgia’s first venereal disease clinic for African Americans, and offered Atlanta’s first “Mother’s Club” for African American women.
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