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BRANSON, Helen Kitchen (1919-2006). Let There Be Life: The Contemporary Account of the Life of Edna L. Griffin, M.D. Pasadena, California: M.S. Sen, 1947. 8vo (159 x 2334 mm). Frontispiece. (Pages evenly toned). Green coated cloth (slight wrinkling to cloth (binding imperfection), small stain to rear board). Typed note tipped-in to front flyleaf attesting to a personal relationship with the author and remarking that she and her family are “an example for us all.” FIRST EDITION. A lightly fictionalized biography of Edna L. Griffin (1905-1992), Pasadena’s first black female physician. She also served as the president of the local NAACP chapter, successfully desegregating the Brookside Plunge swimming pool and integrating African Americans into the police force, YMCA, and more. Condition: Slight wrinkling to cloth (binding imperfection), small stain to rear board, pages evenly toned. Typed note tipped-in to front flyleaf.