Reminiscences of Lena Frances Edwards-Madison : oral history, 1977.

Biographical Note

Medical doctor, activist; interviewee b. 1900

Scope and Contents

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 honarary degrees, Alcoholics Anonymous, Cancer Society; work to prevent birth defects; natural childbirth; service as lay Franciscan

Subjects

• African Americans--Medical care.
• African Americans--Social conditions.
• Edwards-Madison, Lena Frances.
• Interviews.
• Medical education.
• Medicine.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Social service.
• Tate, Merze, 1905-1996, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• United States--Race relations.
• Women physicians--Interviews.

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