LYTHCOTT, JEAN

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Date

2006-07-16

Description

Jeannie Lythcott, widow of George Lythcott, who was the Director of the West African Regional Office of the Smallpox Eradication Program in Lagos Nigeria from 1966-69. Jeannie, originally from England, tells how she came to work in Ghana and met and married George. She narrates some of her husband's escapades working for the Smallpox Eradication Program and how it changed her life.

Citation

Sencer, David (Interviewer); CDC; Former Director of CDC and Lythcott, Jeannie (Interviewee); CDC; Wife of Regional Director, “LYTHCOTT, JEAN,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed March 29, 2024, https://www.globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/3493.