found: African American women, 1993:pages 174-175 (Roselyn Epps, born 1930 in Little Rock, Ark. and grew up in Savannah, Ga. Practicing pediatrician, college professor, and administrator. The first black woman to serve as president of the American Medical Women's Association (1990-1991). Received her BS in 1951 and her MD in 1955, both from Howard University. Earned MPH from Johns Hopkins University and her MA from American University in 1981. Since 1981 she was professor of pediatrics and child health at Howard University Medical School.)
found: Find A Grave (website), viewed October 17, 2020(Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps, born December 11, 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas; died September 29, 2014 in Washington, D.C.)
found: Wikipedia, viewed October 17, 2020:under “Roselyn P. Epps” (died September 29, 2014. In 1988, Epps was the first woman and the first African American to become president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington D.C. chapter. Three years later, she was elected as president of the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). She was also the first African American to hold this position. A year after that, in 1992, Epps was the first African American woman to become president of the Medical Society of the Washington D.C. area. Earned her master's in public health from Johns Hopkins University in 1973.)
