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Lillian Carter : a compassionate life / Grant Hayter-Menzies ; foreword by Jimmy Carter.
Van Pelt Library E874.C375 H49 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carter, Lillian, 1898-1983.
- Carter, Lillian.
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024--Family.
- Carter, Jimmy.
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024.
- Nurses--United States--Biography.
- Nurses.
- Women civil rights workers.
- Families.
- United States.
- Georgia.
- Mothers of presidents--United States--Biography.
- Mothers of presidents.
- Women civil rights workers--Georgia--Biography.
- Plains (Ga.)--Biography.
- Plains (Ga.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages ; 23cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Written with the cooperation of President Jimmy Carter and his family, this book provides an intimate glimpse inside the life of the woman who--as nurse, mother and social justice activist--made a lifelong habit of breaking the rules defining a woman's place in and out of the home and the status of blacks in society"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I Daughter of the South 11
- 1 Bessie Lillian 12
- 2 The Plains of Dura 27
- 3 Nurse and Mother 42
- 4 Miss Lilly 72
- 5 "This fool thing" 90
- Part II The Eye of God 111
- 6 Mother India 112
- 7 Coming Home 133
- Part III First Mother of the World 145
- 8 Quiet Legend 146
- 9 First Mother 161
- 10 Believe 169
- 11 Mixed Blessings 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786497195
- 078649719X
- OCLC:
- 893557943
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