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Byllye Avery

American activist · United States · Activists · Born 1937 · age 89

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Byllye Yvonne Avery is an American health care activist. A proponent of reproductive justice, Avery has worked to develop healthcare services and education that address black women's mental and physical health stressors.

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Awards

Doctor of Humane Letters, Bates College1995
MacArthur Fellows Program

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Byllye Yvonne Avery is an American health care activist. A proponent of reproductive justice, Avery has worked to develop healthcare services and education that address black women's mental and physical health stressors. She is best known as the founder of the National Black Women's Health Project, the first national organization to specialize in Black women's reproductive health issues. For her work with the NBWHP, she has received the MacArthur Foundation's Fellowship for Social Contribution and the Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the Advancement of Health Care from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, among other awards.

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Country
United States
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 89

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