Image of the Ione R. Whipper Home for Unwed Mothers
This file appears in: M Street High School Tour: Iona R. Whipper Home for Unwed Mothers: At one time, this was the only maternity home for young Black women in the Washington, DC, area.
This file appears in: M Street High School Tour: Iona R. Whipper Home for Unwed Mothers: At one time, this was the only maternity home for young Black women in the Washington, DC, area.
M Street High School Tour: Iona R. Whipper Home for Unwed Mothers: At one time, this was the only maternity home for young Black women in the Washington, DC, area.
Dr. Iona Rollin Whipper (1872-1953), whose home and office was at 511 Florida Avenue NW, assisted girls through their pregnancies and afterwards with infant health care. She soon enlisted seven women…