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She Became The First African American Woman To Serve As The U.S. Surgeon General In 1993 And Advocated For Better Health Education For American Children
One of those people is Dr. Joycelen Elders, the first African American woman to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General and a passionate advocate for public health and education. Joycelyn was born in ...
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African American Medical Pioneers
From about 2,400 in 1910, the number of African American women in nursing had ... to assess hospitals as and advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General. He died in a car accident in March 1950, while ...