Dr. Jane Cooke Wright

Background

Jane Cooke Wright was born in New York City in 1919.

Dr. Wright graduated from New York Medical College in 1945.

Background

Role Model: Her father, Dr. Louis Wright

Role Models

Dr. Louis Wright was the first African American doctor to be on a staff in a municipal hospital in New York City.

Dr. Louis Wright founded the Cancer Research Center at Harlem Hospital in New York City.

Working Conditions

Working Conditions

Dr. Wright interned at Bellevue Hospital from 1945 to 1946.

From 1947 to 1948, she did her residency Harlem Hospital.

She married David Jones and had her first child in 1948. After a few months of leave, she finished her training at Harlem Hospital.

In January, 1948 Dr. Wright got a job at New York City Public Schools, but six months later left to continue to work with her father at the Cancer Research Center.

Contributions to the Field

Dr. Jane Wright and her father focused on testing anti-cancer chemicals on cancer patients in 1949. When her father died in 1952, Jane took over as head of the Cancer Research Foundation. She was 33 years old.

Contributions to the Field

Motivation For Going into the Field

Motivation For Going into the Field

Dr. Wright's father was a role model and inspiration to her work.

In addition, when asked about her work, she said, "Our goals were to bring about a set of standards for a clinical oncology specialty, to ensure that vital information was readily available and disseminated"- Dr. Jane Wright

Support and Roadblocks Encountered

At the time, she was one of the few African American, woman physicians. But she was determined.

Dr. Wright's daughter said, "She never gives up and never sees the 'No ' in anything. She tries to think outside the box and how it can be done and solved" - Dr. Jones

Achievements

Dr. Wright was the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society. She was also the highest ranked African American woman at a medical institution.

She wrote over 100 papers on cancer chemotherapy did cancer research in Africa, China, and Eastern Europe.

Achievements

Question

Dr. Wright's research positively impacted the world and saved lives. How do you hope to positively impact the world?

Question

References

• https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_336.html
• http://kentakepage.com/louis-t-wright-mr-harlem-hospital/
• https://www.nymc.edu/faculty/directory/in-memoriam/jane-cooke-wright/
• https://blackdoctor.org/519113/dr-jane-c-wright-a-revolutionary-in-chemotherapy-cancer-treatment/
• https://www.aacr.org/Research/Awards/Pages/jane-cooke-wright.aspx
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063385/
• https://www.nymc.edu/faculty/directory/in-memoriam/jane-cooke-wright/
• https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/wright-jane-cooke-1919/