American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness founded (1976)

CTL-E-4574 · Event · founding · 1976

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Patricia Bath co-founds the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in 1976 on the principle that 'eyesight is a basic human right.'

Notes

RELP105 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-023312.

Referenced by

Patricia E. Bath — initiated → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Patricia Bath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath

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