Black angels
Smilios, Maria2019
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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.
Main title:
Black angels / Maria Smilios.
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London : Virago, 2019.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349009254 (hbk)
Dewey class:
610.7'3'08996073610.730899
Language:
English
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BRN:
2779186
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