Hughenna L. Gauntlett
American physician (1915-2010)
Hughenna Louise Gauntlett (September 14, 1915 – July 25, 2010) was an American physician born in Costa Rica. She was the first Black woman doctor to hold American Board of Surgery certification.
Early life and education
Gauntlett was born in Siquirres, Costa Rica, and raised in Jamaica, the daughter of Hubert Gauntlett and Ruth Spencer Gauntlett. Her grandmother Mary Elizabeth Spencer was a nurse midwife.
Gauntlett attended Atlantic Union College in Massachusetts, and began medical school at the College of Medical Evangelists, part of Loma Linda University, in 1946. At Loma Linda, she was the only Black woman in her class of 96 students, and she had to live off-campus, because there was no on-campus housing available for a Black woman student. In 1951, Gauntlett was the first African-American woman to earn a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Loma Linda University.
Career
Gauntlett served an internship at Sydenham Hospital in New York City. She joined Kathleen Jones-King's private practice in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. In 1959, she and Jones-King helped at a large polio vaccination clinic in South Los Angeles.
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