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Susan B. Anthony Museum Shop Features New Book From WME Books
 Rochester,
NY – (August 14, 2007) The Museum Shop at the Susan B.
Anthony House is currently featuring a new book released by
Rochester publisher WME Books. God Spare Life is the
autobiography of noted surgeon and educator, Dr. Claudia Lynn
Thomas, who toured the visitor’s center, the Anthony home, and
the historic district park with the statues of Anthony and
Frederick Douglass in late June, during a visit to Rochester.
“As the first woman to enter the Yale orthopaedic surgery
program and the first African American woman to become an
orthopaedic surgeon in the U.S., Dr. Thomas has much in common
with both Anthony and Douglass,” noted Tom Collins, VP
Production at WME Books.
“Our location in Rochester, with its historic connections to the
themes in this book and its modern status as the center of the
print-on-demand publishing industry were highlighted in our
pitch to Dr. Thomas when we first met her.”
God Spare Life covers huge territory and is written in
breathtaking detail. The author shares her remarkable story of
growing up in NYC, facing the racial issues of the turbulent
1960’s and early 1970’s (including her involvement in the 1969
occupation of the Main Building at Vassar College); of
overcoming challenges in education and culture to become the
first Black female orthopedic surgeon in the United States; of
her fight for survival during Hurricane Hugo – a Category 5
hurricane that hit St. Thomas Island; and of her second fight
for survival as she overcame a deadly kidney disease (including
a kidney transplant).
“A fascinating book, and a moving account of those days at
Vassar,” notes Dr. Elizabeth Daniels, Vassar College Historian.
“ I wish everyone could read Dr. Thomas’ story,” exclaims Connie
Gonitzke, Resource Development Director at the National
Foundation for Transplants.
God Spare Life is available for wholesale purchase through
WMEBooks Website at www.wmebooks.com or by calling
1-877-947-2665.
God Spare Life, An Autobiography
By Dr. Claudia Lynn Thomas
360 pages, $26.95 soft cover
ISBN-13 978-0-9777297-8-4
Professors wishing to obtain a review copy should contact
George Kittredge at kittredge@wmebooks.com or by telephone at
1-877-947-2665. Organizations interested in hosting Dr. Thomas
as a speaker should contact LaFleur Paysour at
paysourf@earthlink.net
or by telephone at 202-675-6609. |
