June Dobbs Butts

June Dobbs Butts (June 11, 1928 – May 13, 2019) was an American educator and writer.

Early life and education

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Butts was born to Irene and John Wesley Dobbs.^[1][2] She was the aunt of Maynard Jackson.^[3]

Butts attended Spelman College, where she graduated in 1948 with a B.A. degree in sociology.^[4][5] She later attended the Teacher's College of Columbia University, where she earned an Ed.D. in family life education.^[6][7]

Career

Butts began her academic career in 1950 as a psychology professor at Fisk University and subsequently held faculty positions at Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Tennessee State University.^[8]

During the 1970s, as a member of the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood, she met Masters and Johnson.^[9] They invited her to their Reproductive Biology Research Foundation (later the Masters and Johnson Institute) in St. Louis, Missouri, where she trained as a sex therapist.^[10] Later in her career, she served as a visiting scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.^[11] She also hosted a radio call-in show in Washington.^[12]

Writing

Butts authored four book chapters and numerous articles on human sexuality. Her 1977 article for Ebony magazine, Sex Education: Who Needs It?, was the Ebony's first feature on the topic. Between 1980 and 1982, she wrote Sexual Health, a monthly column in Essence. Her other works appeared in publications such as Jet and the American Journal of Health Studies.

References

1. "June Dobbs Butts's Biography".
2. Quinn, Christopher. "Notable Atlanta researcher June Dobbs Butts dies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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5. Quinn, Christopher. "Notable Atlanta researcher June Dobbs Butts dies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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12. "June Dobbs Butts, Sex Therapist Who Preached Frankness, Dies at 90 (Published 2019)". The New York Times. 24 May 2019.