Ng'endo Mwangi
Ng'endo Mwangi | |
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Mwangi in operating room, 1965 | |
| Born | Kinoo, Kiambu, Kenya |
| Died | October 30, 1989 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Other names | Florence Gladwell, Florence Mwangi Mwilu |
| Alma mater | Smith College (1961) |
| Occupation | Physician |
Ng'endo Mwangi (December 1936 - October 30, 1989) , also known as Florence Gladwell or Florence Mwangi Mwilu, was Kenya's first woman physician. She set up clinics serving a very large rural population. She was the first Black African woman to attend Smith College, and the first African student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.