Avery, Byllye, 1937-

LC control no.	n 97087793
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Avery, Byllye, 1937- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Avery, Byllye Y.
Associated country	United States
Located	Talladega (Ala.) Gainesville (Fla.)
Birth date	1937-10-20
Place of birth	Waynesville (Ga.) Brantley County (Ga.)
Affiliation	Talladega College University of Florida Santa Fe Community College (Gainesville, Fla.) National Black Women's Health Project Avery Institute for Social Change (New York, N.Y.) Gainesville Women's Health Center (Fla.)
Profession or occupation	Health advocate
Found in	An altar of words, 1998: CIP t.p. (Byllye Avery) data sheet (b. Oct. 20, 1937) African American National Biography, accessed December 6, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Avery, Byllye; Byllye Yvonne Reddick; health advocate; born 20 October 1937 in Waynesville, Georgia, United States; graduated with BA in Psychology from Talladega College in Alabama (1959); earned MEd in Special Education from University of Florida (1969); started the contemporary African American women's health movement in the United States (1970s); cofounded the Gainesville Women's Health Center, Florida (1974); co-founded Birthplace, a birthing center in Gainesville, Florida (1978); developed a Comprehensive Employment Training Program (CETA) at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville and served as the program's director; served on the board of directors for the National Women's Health Network (1981); started the Black Women's Health Project (which was renamed the National Black Women's Health Project (NBWHP)) and served as its first president until 1990; organized a Conference on Black Women's Health Issues at Spelman College in Atlanta (1983); founded the Avery Institute for Social Change in New York City (2002)) OCLC 14773231: National health of Black women, 1986 (hdg.: Avery, Byllye Y. ; usage: Byllye Y. Avery)
Associated language	eng