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'''Dr. [[Joycelyn Elders]]''', M.D. is an American pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A Vice Admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, she was the second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General. She is currently a professor emerita of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. | |||
== Participation on Humanity Rising == | == Participation on Humanity Rising == | ||
[[Category:Is-Humanity Rising Presenter]] | :[[HR!Day670| Day 670 Thu 4/6/23 Women’s History of Changing the World IV: I am Who I am because I am a Black Woman]] [[Category:Is-Humanity Rising Presenter]] | ||
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders, M.D. is an American pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A Vice Admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, she was the second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General. She is currently a professor emerita of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.