The black angels : the untold story of the nurses who helped cure tuberculosis
Smilios, Maria2023
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This title tells the true story of 300 black nurses who helped prevent a public health crisis in New York. In 1929, when white nurses staged a walk out at Staten Island's 2000-bed TB sanatorium, health officials made the decision to sanction a national call for 'coloured nurses'. Lured by the promise of good pay, education, housing, and the opportunity to work in a hospital free of quotas and segregated wards, 'Black Angels' from all over the country boarded trains and buses to enter wards. This book tells a 'triumphant story', bringing together medicine, politics, racial strife, women's rights, and cutting-edge science.
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Imprint:
London : Virago, 2023.
Collation:
428 pages [8] pages of plates ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349009254 (hbk)
Dewey class:
610.7308996073610.7308610.73610.730899
LC class:
RT83.5
Local class:
610.73
Language:
English
Subject:
African American nurses -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryNursing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryPublic health -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryMedical policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
2478890