# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-octavia-dickens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:31:38.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-octavia-dickens"
name: "Helen Octavia Dickens"
slug: "helen-octavia-dickens"
description: "Helen Octavia Dickens was an American physician, medical and social activist, health equity advocate, researcher, health administrator, and health educator. She was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons in 1950, and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology."
tagline: "American physician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helen_O._Dickens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1909-02-21"
deathDate: "2001"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.806156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Helen Octavia Dickens"
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    title: "Helen Octavia Dickens"
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    title: "Helen Octavia Dickens"
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    title: "ഹെലെൻ ഒക്ടേവിയ ഡിക്കൻസ്"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump