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A prominent black physician writes a memoir about her remarkable father who lived to see his dreams of a better life for his children come true. Donald Thornton urged his five daughters to seek the educational and professional opportunities that were unavailable to him in 1940s America, working two jobs to ensure their success. Now, Yvonne Thornton delivers a loving tribute to her father and celebrates her family's fulfillment of the American Dream. photos.
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From Poverty to Prosperity in One Generation
My book,"The Ditchdigger's Daughters" has been called inspirational by The New York Times Book Review. It tells the true story about how a poor and uneducated black laborer, a child of the Great Depression, overcame incredible obstacles to give his daughters a better life. In a time when there were distinct gender roles, especially for women, Donald Thornton and his wife, Itasker, refused to accept these limitations for their daughters. Instead, they had the wit to value education which enabled their daughters to rise and stand on equal terms with anyone. All in one generation. This man, who ran away from home in his teens and by age twenty-eight had five children to raise, dug ditches for a living while his wife cleaned houses. Together, they formulated a dream: that all their daughters would be doctors. Fortuitously, his daughters formed a traveling all-girl band known as "The Thornton Sisters". (Perhaps there are some of you out there that remember us. We performed on many East coast college campuses, e.g., Princeton, Yale, U. of Penn, Cornell etc. for almost 13 years). The band achieved not only musical success but earned college tuition money as well. Today, two daughters are physicians (high-risk obstetrician and psychiatrist), one an oral surgeon, another an attorney and one a nurse. The book, "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" is a tribute to my parents and transcends race, color and gender to celebrate one family's fulfillment of the American Dream. The Family Channel will be making the book into a movie to air in early 1997.
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My book,"The Ditchdigger's Daughters" has been called inspirational by The New York Times Book Review. It tells the true story about how a poor and uneducated black laborer, a child of the Great Depression, overcame incredible obstacles to give his daughters a better life. In a time when there were distinct gender roles, especially for women, Donald Thornton and his wife, Itasker, refused to accept these limitations for their daughters. Instead, they had the wit to value education which enabled their daughters to rise and stand on equal terms with anyone. All in one generation. This man, who ran away from home in his teens and by age twenty-eight had five children to raise, dug ditches for a living while his wife cleaned houses. Together, they formulated a dream: that all their daughters would be doctors. Fortuitously, his daughters formed a traveling all-girl band known as "The Thornton Sisters". (Perhaps there are some of you out there that remember us. We performed on many East coast college campuses, e.g., Princeton, Yale, U. of Penn, Cornell etc. for almost 13 years). The band achieved not only musical success but earned college tuition money as well. Today, two daughters are physicians (high-risk obstetrician and psychiatrist), one an oral surgeon, another an attorney and one a nurse. The book, "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" is a tribute to my parents and transcends race, color and gender to celebrate one family's fulfillment of the American Dream. The Family Channel will be making the book into a movie to air in early 1997.
Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D., obtained her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with honors. She is director of the Perinatal Diagnostic Testing Center at Morristown, New Jersey, and an associate physician at Rockefeller University Hospital. She lives with her husband and two children in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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