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Mar 16, 2024 · U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders gestures toward reporters as she leaves a discussion on health care reform at the Center for Policy Alternatives, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1993, in Washington.
Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders. Joycelyn Elders was born a tenant farmer’s daughter in rural Arkansas. At age five, she worked in the cotton fields while attending a segregated school thirteen miles from home. During harvest time, from September to December, she often missed school. She did well enough, though, to earn a scholarship to the all-black ...
Dec 10, 1994 · The White House today surrendered to Republican pressure by forcing the resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, whose outspoken views about drugs and sexuality had made her the target of a ...
Feb 9, 2024 · Joycelyn Elders, MD (1933 – ): Physician, researcher, advocate First Black person and second woman to serve as U.S. Surgeon General in 1993; first Black person and second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service; first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology. 3
Joycelyn Elders was born on August 13, 1933, in Schaal, Arkansas. She was the eldest of 8 children, and her family worked as sharecroppers. At only 15 years old, Elders got a scholarship from United Methodist Church to attend college, and she used that scholarship to become a physician at Philander Smith College.
Minnie Lee Jones was born in Schaal, Howard County, Arkansas on August 13, 1933. In college, she changed her name to Joycelyn. Elders graduated from Philander Smith College with a biology degree before enlisting in the US Army in 1953 and worked as a physical therapist in the Army Medical Specialist Corps for three years.
Dr. Joycelyn Elders. Dr. Elders became surgeon general of the Public Health Service on September 8, 1993, appointed by President Bill Clinton. The first African American to serve as surgeon general, Elders argued the case for universal health coverage and was a spokesperson for President Clinton's healthcare reform effort. During her term as ...
