Dr angela ferguson biography for kids

20th and 21st-century American pediatrician

Angella Dorothea Ferguson (born February 15, 1925) is an American pediatrician known for her groundbreaking research on sickle cell disease.^[2]

Early life and education

Angella Dorothea Ferguson was born in Washington, D.C.

to George Alonzo Ferguson and his wife Mary Burton Ferguson. She is African-American and was one of eight children.^[3] Though her father was a high school teacher, had his own architectural firm, and was a U.S.

Army reservist, the family struggled financially, especially during the Great Depression.^[1][4] Angella became interested in chemistry and mathematics while attending Cardoza High School, from which she graduated in 1941.^[4]

She went on to earn a BS in chemistry from Howard University in 1945, and an MD from Howard University College of Medicine in 1949.^[2] At the time there were very few African-American women who were acc