Chesta Dillard Dean

Chesta Dillard Dean (born February 12, 1885) was a pharmacist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]

Chesta Dillard Dean
Chesta Dean in 1912
BornFebruary 12, 1885
Danville, Virginia
OccupationPharmacist
RelativesBertha G. Higgins (sister)

Early life and education

Chesta Dillard was born outside of Danville, Virginia, the tenth child of Barbara Stone Dillard and Horace Dillard. After her father died, she was sent to live with an older sister, Bertha G. Higgins in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] She also lived with her older sister in Providence, Rhode Island, and attended a high school in Lawrenceville, Virginia.[3]

Dean attended Brown University for two years and graduated from Temple College with a Pharmacy degree in 1911.[2]

Career

Dean could not get enough hours of practice to become a registered pharmacist.[2] Instead, she purchased a pharmacy in Philadelphia in 1911, the only woman of color to own a pharmacy at that time.[3]

References
  1. "Chesta Dillard Dean". NYPL Digital Collections. New York Public Library. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. "Some of Philadelphia's Colored Citizens". Friends' Intelligencer. 69: 469. July 27, 1912.
  3. White, Charles Frederick. Who's who in Philadelphia: A Collection of Thirty Biographical Sketches of Philadelphia Colored People ... Together with Cuts and Information of Some of Their Leading Institutions and Organizations. p. 47. Retrieved 10 January 2019.


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