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Reminiscences of Ruth Janetta Temple : oral history, 1978.

Creator: Temple, Ruth Janetta, 1892-1984.
Project: Black women oral history project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 53 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Physician; interviewee married Otis L. Banks

Scope and Contents

Recollections 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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Copyright by the Trustees of the Ruth Janetta Temple estate

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