Joycelyn Elders, M.D. : From Sharecropper’s Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America
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In a dazzling American success tale, Dr. Joycelyn Elders rose from an impoverished childhood as the fantastic granddaughter of slaves to the highest medical position in the nation. Here is her inspiring life tale, told with the candor and conviction that has made her a champion for the poor, people of color, and women. photo insert. Website promo.Amazon.com Review
Dr. Elders, with David Chanoff, has written a folksy and humble account of her life’s journey from sharecropper’s daughter in rural Arkansas to General practitioner General of the United States. Fascinatingly, given the controversial circumstances of her forced resignation when she was demonized by the Republican aptly for open discussion of sexuality, Dr. Elders reveals an upbringing inundated with the sort of family values that she was accused of destroying. “There wasn’t any alcoholism,” she writes, “nor was there any talk of men beating their wives, or of separation or divorce either.” Her own sex education was typically inadequate, and indeed one has the impression of a woman who remained to some extent naive on such matters even as she gained an education beyond the comprehension of her parents.
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