Lillian Carter : a compassionate life / Grant Hayter-Menzies ; foreword by Jimmy Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carter, Lillian, 1898-1983.

Carter, Lillian.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024--Family.

Carter, Jimmy.

Mothers of presidents--United States--Biography.

Mothers of presidents.

Nurses--United States.

Nurses.

Women civil rights workers--Georgia--Biography.

Women civil rights workers.

Plains (Ga.)--Biography.

Plains (Ga.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

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:

Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword by President Jimmy Carter; Preface; Part I. Daughter of the South; 1. Bessie Lillian; 2. The Plains of Dura; 3. Nurse and Mother; 4. Miss Lilly; 5. "This fool thing"; Part II. The Eye of God; 6. Mother India; 7. Coming Home; Part III. First Mother of the World; 8. Quiet Legend; 9. First Mother; 10. Believe; 11. Mixed Blessings; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781476619330

1476619336