Jean Martin Pinder
Jean Martin Pinder | |
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 Jean Martin Pinder, from a 1947 magazine | |
| Born | Jean Margaret Martin September 2, 1916 Oakland, California |
| Died | September 7, 2014 (aged 98) |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, public health professional |
Jean Margaret Martin Pinder (September 2, 1916 – September 7, 2014) was an American nurse and public health official who worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life and education[edit]
Jean Margaret Martin was born in Oakland, California, the daughter of George Martin and Mercedes Simms Martin. She attended San Francisco State University, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1940, with a bachelor's degree in nursing and as a registered nurse. In 1947, she became one of the first Black women to graduate from the Yale School of Public Health.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Martin taught nursing courses at Dillard University[3] before she joined the United States Public Health Service in 1953.[4] She was appointed Health Education Advisor to the Government of Liberia. She held a similar position in Ghana in 1957, and also worked as a health policy advisor in Sierra Leone. She worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Africa and Washington, D.C.,[5] mostly on family planning policies, nutrition,[6] and maternal and child health.[7] In 1968, the United States ambassador to Ghana, Franklin Williams, praised her and her husband as "unusually efficient ambassadors for America to millions of Africans and others."[8] While she was based in Washington, she was membership chair of the Women's Action Organization (WAO), a group for women employees of the United States Department of State.[9][10]
Pinder retired from public health work in 1982.[1] In retirement, she lived in Tucson, Arizona, where she started a free clinic in a Yaqui community,[11] and played violin in the Community Orchestra of Tucson.[12]
Personal life and legacy[edit]
Jean Martin married Frank Pinder, an agricultural economist who also worked in Africa.[7][8][13] Frank Pinder died in 1992.[14] She lived with her friend Elouise Duncan in Tucson in retirement, then with Elouise's son and his family in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She died in 2014, aged 98 years.[12] The Oakland Public Library has a small collection of her papers.[1] The University of Washington created the Jean M. Pinder Endowment to support advanced education in healthcare fields among minority students.[15][16]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Guide to the Jean M. Martin Pinder Papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Health Education Fellowships, Year 1946". National Negro Health News. 14: 18. July–September 1946.
- ^ "Miss Jean Margaret Martin, Oakland, Calif". National Negro Health News. 15: 13. July–September 1947.
- ^ "JEAN M. PINDER Obituary". The Washington Post, via Legacy.com. September 14, 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ Carnegie, Mary Elizabeth (1991). The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing, 1854-1990. National League for Nursing Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-88737-534-7.
- ^ United States Public Health Service (1968). Proceedings of the West African Conference on Nutrition and Child Feeding, Dakar, Senegal, March 25-29, 1968, Sponsored by the Republic of Senegal and the United States of America Agency for International Development.
- ^ a b Foster, Maryan (1970-04-27). "Africa is Her Concern". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Frank Pinder Honored for AID Work in Africa". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1968-01-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WAO's Membership Nearing 500 Mark". Department of State News Letter: 30. November 1971 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dorothy Stansbury Now WAO President". Department of State News Letter: 19. February 1972 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Jennings, John (1996-03-23). "A Friend Indeed". Tucson Citizen. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Jean Pinder". USAID Alumni Association. 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "U.S. Post on Ghana Mission Goes to Native Key Wester". The Miami Herald. 1964-03-03. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brooks, Browning (1992-03-20). "FAMU Backer Dies". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-02-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ de Leon, Alexandra (2021-02-17). "HIPRC Celebrates Black History Month: Jean M. Pinder". Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Jean M. Pinder Endowment". University of Washington. Retrieved 2022-02-25.