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Were you there? : a biography of Emma Wakefield-Paillet / by Phebe Hayes and Margaret Simon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, Phebe, 1954- author.
- Simon, Margaret Gibson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women physicians--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women physicians.
- African American women physicians--California--San Francisco--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women--Louisiana--New Iberia--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women.
- African American women physicians--Poetry.
- Wakefield-Paillet, Emma, 1868-1946.
- Wakefield-Paillet, Emma.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Biographies.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Were You There: A Biography of Emma Wakefield Paillet travels through the life of Emma Wakefield Paillet as she breaks away from the oppression of the post-Civil War Southern life to successfully become the first African American woman to receive a medical degree in the state of Louisiana. As she grows up in New Iberia, Louisiana, her father rises in the political opportunities of Reconstruction. Unfortunately, Emma's family is met with tragedy after tragedy. She faces each challenge with courage and perseverance. Her story is compelling. Written in both nonfiction prose supported by the research of Phebe Hayes and poems in Emma's voice by Margaret Simon, this biography presents a history that is often left in the shadows. 'Were you there when we finally broke the chains? when our hollow cries were heard?' This biography will take you there"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The birth of Emma Wakefield
- Industrious father
- Education
- A family familiar with death
- Malaria claims sister Amelia
- Another tragedy strikes
- The Wakefields leave new Iberia
- Embracing education
- Emma becomes a physician
- "Exceptionally excellent" Emma
- The Wakefields leave Louisiana
- "Passing for white"
- Another sister lost
- Cholera claims Adolph Wakefield
- The death of Emma's mother
- The end of Emma's life.
- ISBN:
- 9781959569190
- 1959569198
- OCLC:
- 1499523320
- Publisher Number:
- 90102357810
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