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Author Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960-

Title Sick and tired of being sick and tired : Black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950 / Susan L. Smith
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in health, illness, and caregiving
Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
Contents Black club women and public health work -- Tuskegee Institute and National Negro Health Week -- From Tuskegee Movable School to the Tuskegee syphilis experiment -- Black midwives in Mississippi -- Alpha Kappa Alpha Mississippi Health Project
Summary Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired moves beyond the depiction of African Americans as mere recipients of aid or as victims of neglect and highlights the ways black health activists created public health programs and influenced public policy at every opportunity. Smith also sheds new light on the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment by situating it within the context of black public health activity, reminding us that public health work had oppressive as well as progressive consequences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject African American women health reformers -- Southern States -- History
African Americans -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History
Health care reform -- Southern States -- History
Public health -- Southern States -- History
Health Services Accessibility -- history
Black or African American -- history
Women's Health Services -- history
History, 20th Century
Health Care Reform -- history
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights.
African American women health reformers
African Americans -- Medical care
Health care reform
Public health
SUBJECT United States
Subject Southern States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 95011310
ISBN 058512728X
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