| LC control no. | no2014004259 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wright, Jane C., 1919-2013 |
| Variant(s) | Wright, Jane, 1919-2013 Wright, Jane Cooke, 1919-2013 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 19191130 |
| Death date | 20130219 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Guttenberg (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Oncology |
| Affiliation | Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.) New York University. Medical Center New York University. School of Medicine American Society of Clinical Oncology New York Medical College |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians African American women physicians Oncologists Educators |
| Found in | CIBA-GEIGY Corporation exceptional black scientists photograph collection, 1978-1989: (Schomburg Center, Photos & Prints Div.) photo captions (Jane C. Wright, Jane Wright; b. 1919; cancer researcher; daughter of Dr. Louis Wright) New York Times website, accessed 11/22/13: obituary (Jane Wright, Jane C. Wright, Jane Cooke Wright; b. Nov. 30, 1919, New York, N.Y.; d. Feb. 19, 2013, Guttenberg, N.J., age 93; African American oncologist, educator; daughter of Dr. Louis T. Wright; became director of Harlem Hospital Cancer Research Foundation 1952; joined faculty of New York University Medical Center 1955; help found the American Society of Clinical Oncology 1964; became head of chemotherapy department and associate dean at New York Medical College 1967, retired 1985) <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/health/jane-c-wright-pioneering-oncologist-dies-at-93.html?-r=0> |
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