Medicine

Joycelyn Elders 

15th Surgeon General of the United States – Appointed by Bill Clinton 
 The First African-American and the Second female to be Surgeon General 
of the United States. In office September 8, 1993 – December 31, 1994

[Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons]

 – – – Websites – – –

Appiah, Anthony Kwame, and Henry Louis Gates. 2005. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the
African and African American Experience. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

“Biography: Joycelyn Elders,” Changing the Face of Medicine

Elders, Joycelyn, and David Chanoff. 1996. Joycelyn Elders, M.D.: From Sharecropper’s
Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America. New York: Morrow.

Ford, Lynne E. 2008. Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics. New York: Facts On File.

Stange, Mary Zeiss, Carol K. Oyster, and Jane Sloan. 2011. Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Reference.

Joycelyn Elders -Wikipedia

– – – Videos – – –

M. Joycelyn Elders: First African American U.S. Surgeon General – Part 2 – [Min: 6:37] 

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