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benjy brooks was born in 1918 small town in north TX named louisville
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she leardned to read by the age of four
" she opporated on her sisiters dolls with scissors" says a family member, -
she gratuated form highschool at the age of 19
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she taught science for 4 years
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in the late 1940s when the TX medical center was born she operation on more than "20,000 tiny babies"
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after teaching she disided to go to medical school and specialize in pediatrics
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she joined the TX childrens hospital opperating as a surgeon
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the houston pysican became the first woman pediatric surgeon in TX
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benjy brooks passes after a long life