# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mildred-fay-jefferson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:23:26.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mildred-fay-jefferson"
name: "Mildred Fay Jefferson"
slug: "mildred-fay-jefferson"
description: "Mildred Fay Jefferson was an American physician and anti-abortion activist. The first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, the first woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School, and the first woman to become a member of the Boston Surgical Society, she is known for her opposition to the legalization of abortion and her work as president of the National Right to Life Committee."
tagline: "American activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mildred_Fay_Jefferson%2C_M.D..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: "1926-04-04"
deathDate: "2010-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.14
  momentum:             3.422459893048128
  historical:           5.293774666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ميلدريد فاى جيفرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മിൽഡ്രെഡ് ഫേയ് ജെഫേഴ്‌സൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میلدرد فی جفرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Fay_Jefferson"
    title: "Mildred Fay Jefferson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump