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Joycelyn Elders and David ChanoffPublication Details
Book1st edMorrow1996Description
Few figures on the contemporary American political landscape have been as visible and memorable, as admired and hated, as Dr. Joycelyn Elders. Now, in Joycelyn Elders, M.D.: From Sharecropper’s Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America she shares the story of her extraordinary life, the roots of her values and the evolution of her ideas and reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to her firing from the office of Surgeon General. This plainspoken and utterly candid autobiography takes readers through Elders’ poverty stricken childhood in the tiny town of Schaal, Arkansas where Elders (called Minnie Lee Jones in those days) grew up in a tiny cabin with neither electricity, nor running water. Elders’ inspiring public life is matched with a moving private story about which she is forthright in Joycelyn Elders, M.D. Still, never afraid of a good fight, Elders did manage to do some good work during that intensely painful period negotiating for and winning additional responsibilities for the office and consolidating more real power in the position then it ever before had. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) R154.E48 A3 1996 AVAILABLE
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