Matilda J. Clerk Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Matilda J. Clerk (March 2, 1916 – December 27, 1984) was a pioneering physician and science educator in Ghana and West Africa. She became the second Ghanaian woman to be trained as a physician in traditional medical practices and was the first woman in Ghana and West Africa to obtain a postgraduate diploma and to receive an academic scholarship for overseas university education. Clerk, alongside other leading women doctors, advocated for maternal and child health care in a male-dominated medical field. Her work inspired a generation of post-colonial Ghanaian women and West African female physicians.

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Matilda J. Clerk belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Larteh

Place of Death: Accra

Educated At: Achimota School | University of Edinburgh Medical School | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | University of London

Occupation: public health scientist | primary care physician | public health physician | maternal health | pediatrician | physician

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