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
Author: Susan L. Smith
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
Published: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 247
Catalogs: Nursing History, Public Health, Black Studies
Description: Original glossy sepia, black, and white paper binding. Small crease down center of spine. Stamped "archive copy," by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Pages are unmarked. This is the first full-scale examination of the public health initiatives created by African Americans. The book argues that health reform was a cornerstone of early Black civil rights activity in the United States. The book discusses Black women's clubs and private crusades for public health, the Tuskegee Institute and National Negro Health Week, community activism, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Black midwives in Mississippi, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Mississippi Health Project, and more. From the nursing history collections of Ruth Knollmueller and Sarah Abrams. Paperback, very good condition. 247 pages plus publisher's list, octavo. ISBN: 0812214498 / 9780812214499