| Title: |
Reminiscences of Lena Frances Edwards-Madison
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A49
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background and education, Howard University, B.S. 1921, MD 1924; medical practice in Jersey City, New Jersey, 1924-1954 and 1968-1970; instructor of medicine, Howard University, 1954-1960; St. Joseph's Mission, Hereford, Texas, 1960-1965; Labor Department Committee for Employment Security; Manpower Committee, Head Start, Washington, D.C., 1965-1968; Outreach Program, Lakewood, New Jersey; part-time work at Veterans Hospital, 1970-1975; work with senior citizens: special medical problems, nursing homes; awards and honorary degrees, Alcoholics Anonymous, Cancer Society; work to prevent birth defects; natural childbirth; service as lay Franciscan.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 84 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Edwards-Madison, Lena Frances
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Medical doctor
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Tate, Merze, 1905-
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Medical care; African Americans--Social conditions; Medical education; Medicine; North America; Oral history; Physicians; Race relations--United States; Social service; United States; Women physicians
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Edwards-Madison, Lena Frances
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018259-13702
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