Georgianna K. Offutt (August 21, 1868 – 1949) was an American chiropodist, clubwoman, and suffragist, and the first vice-president of Alameda County League of Colored Women Voters.[1]

Offutt was a practicing chiropodist in the Los Angeles area for twenty-five years.[2] She was the president of the local Sojourner Truth Club, and, along with Emma Lou Sayers and Dr. Vada J. Somerville, helped create a voter education program for Black voters.[1] She faced prejudice in medical circles and was outspoken about these difficulties; she wrote a newspaper article for the California Eagle called "Negro Woman in the Medical World" giving testimonials about the poor treatment she and other Black women received.[1]

Early life

Offutt was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, and then worked as a teacher.[3] She married Roddum Kenner in 1890, with whom she had a son, Byron.[2] Following Kenner's death in 1893, she moved to California. While in California, attended the College of Chiropody in San Francisco, California where she received a doctorate in Orthopedic and Surgical Chiropody in 1922.[2] She married Roddum Kenner in 1890; he died in 1893 after which she moved to California.[4] They had one son, Byron.[2] In 1897 she married Boone Offutt; he died in 1935.[2] They had one daughter, Ruby, in 1900.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raab, Eleanor. "Biography of Georgianna K. Offutt, 1868-1949". Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists. Alexander Street. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Negro who's who in California". Internet Archive. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ↑ "No Longer Forgotten" (PDF). National Women's History Alliance Newsletter. Vol. 2. p. 13.
  4. ↑ Dublin, Tom (July 2019). "Groundbreaking new research unoverse the central role of black suffragists" (PDF). National Women's History Alliance Newsletter. p. 9. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "A Tribute to the late Ruby Wheeler". California Eagle. Los Angeles, California. September 21, 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2021.


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