Clara Frye
Clara frye Frye formerly of tampa was trained in nursing care in alabama and moved to tampa in 1901.
Clara frye. 10 news anchor reginald roundtree will emcee hillsborough county s 20th black heritage celebration which will pay tribute to clara frye and. Frye died in 1936 and is buried in woodlawn cemetery. Frye was born in 1872 and moved to the tampa florida area around 1901. Frye formerly of tampa was trained in nursing care in alabama and moved to tampa in 1901.
She had heard many stories about the high volume of black patients who died because they were denied medical treatment in whites only facilities. She committed her life to providing medical care to tampa s black citizens. She later established the clara frye hospital so that african american patients could be treated. Clara frye 92 la fayette clara virginia jay frye of lafayette died thursday dec.
82836515 citing confidence cemetery. Frye worked for 20 years as a nurse in tampa florida. Courtesy of the special collections department university of south florida. She married sherman frye a tampa barber and they had two sons.
Frye 1872 1936 was an american nurse in tampa florida who established the clara frye hospital where she worked for 20 years in the early 1900s. She was preceded in death. She met frye and his twin sister as a young girl and partnering up with them for a time as they helped her take care of the children forced into child labor at the factories. She was a lifelong resident of lafayette and was a member of lafayette church of christ.
Not much is known about her early life. She committed her life to providing medical care to tampa s black citizens. She had heard many stories about the high volume of black patients who died because they were denied medical treatment in whites only facilities. Frye moved to tampa in 1901 and in 1908 opened a hospital for black patients in her home.
A black and white photo of the tampa daily times article in january 28 1915 about clara frye and the success of her hospital.