Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Ruth Janetta Temple : oral history, 1978.Biographical NotePhysician; interviewee married Otis L. Banks
Scope and ContentsRecollections of family life in Natchez, Mississippi and Los Angeles, California; attitude towards racial differences; medical training at Loma Linda University for Medicine, 1918, Yale University School of Public Health, 1942; obstetrician with Los Angeles City Health Department's Maternity Service, 1923-1928; founding of the Temple Health Institute, Health Study Clubs, Health Week, Health Information Centers; views on birth control, abortion, the Women's Movement; leisure activities; awards and recognition for work in public health
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