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Sick and tired of being sick and tired : black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950
- Title
- Sick and tired of being sick and tired : black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950 / Susan L. Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RA448.5.N4 S65 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 247 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in health, illness, and caregiving
- Uniform Title
- Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
- Subjects
- Health Services
- Health care reform > Southern States > History
- Public Health
- Health Care Reform
- African Americans > Medical care > Southern States > History
- Public health > Southern States > History
- African American women health reformers > Southern States > History
- African Continental Ancestry Group
- Southeastern United States
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: African Americans, Gender, and Public Health in the South -- 1. Private Crusades for Public Health: Black Club Women and Public Health Work -- 2. Spreading the Gospel of Health: Tuskegee Institute and National Negro Health Week -- 3. A New Deal for Black Health: Community Activism and the Office of Negro Health Work -- 4. Good Intentions and Bad Blood in Alabama: From the Tuskegee Movable School to the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment -- 5. The Public Health Work of Poor Rural Women: Black Midwives in Mississippi -- 6. Sharecroppers and Sorority Women: The Alpha Kappa Alpha Mississippi Health Project.
- ISBN
- 0812214498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0812232372 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95011310
- OCLC
- 32626909
- ocm32626909
- SCSB-4778318
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries