Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer (Radcliffe Biography Series)

By Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Book Overview

With the objectivity and insight of a scholar and the love and admiration of a daughter, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot recounts the extraordinary life of her mother, Dr. Margaret Morgan-Lawrence, one of the first African-American women to graduate from both Cornell University and Columbia University's School of Medicine to become a physician. 22 pages of photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020109312X
• ISBN13: 9780201093124
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Courage Amongst Adversity

Balm in Gilead is a great story of courage, perseverance, and passion in the face of adversity. Margaret Morgan-Lawrence strived to become a doctor because of the death of her younger brother. Throughout her journey to become a healer she encounters institutional racism. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot expresses her mother's memories vividly. If you are looking for a story that insprires you to strive toward a profession you...