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Minnie Joycelyn Elders (born Minnie Lee Jones; August 13, 1933) is an American pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , she was the second woman, second person of color , and first African American to serve ...
Joycelyn Elders (born August 13, 1933, Schaal, Arkansas, U.S.) American physician and public health official who served (1993–94) as U.S. surgeon general, the first black and the second woman to hold that post. Elders was the first of eight children in a family of sharecroppers.
Sep 20, 2017 · Dr. Joycelyn Elders. Medical doctor and professor Dr. Joycelyn Elders was born on August 14, 1933 in Schaal, Arkansas to Curtis Jones and Haller Reed Jones. Elders attended Howard County Training School in Tollette, Arkansas in 1942.
Joycelyn Elders, the first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology, was the fifteenth Surgeon General of the United States, the first African American and only the second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service.
Mar 18, 2024 · Joycelyn Elders (1933–) aka: Minnie Lee Jones. Joycelyn Elders was director of the Arkansas Department of Health and the U.S. surgeon general in the administration of President Bill Clinton. Her controversial opinions led to her resignation after just over a year as surgeon general.
Mar 5, 2020 · Joycelyn Elders is one of the leaders, innovators, activists, entertainers, athletes and artists who defined the last century. Find out why TIME chose Joycelyn Elders as one of the 100...
She joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine as a clinician and researcher in pediatric endocrinology. In 1993, Dr. Joycelyn Elders was appointed the 15th Surgeon General of the U.S., becoming the first African American and the second woman in the role.
