Archive - August 14, 2012

From Southern Belle to Global Rebel: Memoirs of an Anthropologist and Activist by Mary Lindsay Elmendorf (PC Trainer/Consultant – Puerto Rico 1962–63) Sharon Fitzpatrick Publications $12.00 342 pages 2012 Reviewed by Leita Kaldi Davis (Senegal 1993–96) PEOPLE LIKE MARY LINDSAY ELMENDORF SHOULD ALWAYS write memoirs because, though we may know them for years, we don’t know everything about them. Reading about Mary’s life is like accompanying her on a long and fascinating journey. Mary’s personal life is a story of challenges and joyful adventures, while her professional life reflects over seventy years of international history and global issues. Mary’s memoir is replete with photos that show her as a charming child, as a long-legged, lovely woman, and a mature, gracious lady. Her smile is always there, genuine, exuding a joie de vivre that marks her life. Mary was born in 1917 and raised in North Carolina in the bosom of . . .