Morton Jones was an acclaimed doctor, suffragette, and member of several women’s organizations. She was the first woman to pass the state medical board of examination, thus becoming the first woman to practice medicine in Mississippi.
Whenever the history of the National Urban League is cited, luminaries such as George Edmund Haynes, Eugene Kinckle Jones, and even a white woman—co-founder Ruth Standish Baldwin—are mentioned. Rarely is a Black woman included among these early pioneers, even though Verina Harris Morton Jones should be considered.
In 1890, she married Dr. Walter A. Morton and they moved to Brooklyn, where she set up practice. She achieved another first when she began practicing in Long Island’s Nassau County. Always seeking ways to expand her social and professional career, she was active in the Kings County Medical Society, as well as the NAACP, directing their Mother’s Club in Brooklyn.
Her renown as a social activist earned her a wide reputation, leading to her being elected to the board of directors of the NAACP. Her friendship and working relationship with Ovington may have played a role in her becoming active in the Urban League, which traced its origins to several social formations, including the National League for the Protection of Colored Women.
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