Josephine Riley Matthews

Born October 3, 1897, in Aiken County, South Carolina Died Decemeber 14, 1993, in Aiken County, South Carolina

During four decades as a licensed midwife, Mama Jo safely delivered more than 1,300 babies, black and white, in rural South Carolina. She graduated from high school at age seventy-four. In 1976 the state named her Woman of the Year and Outstanding Older American.