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Sick and tired of being sick and tired : Black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950 / / Susan L. Smith



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Autore: Smith Susan Lynn <1960-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sick and tired of being sick and tired : Black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950 / / Susan L. Smith Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1995]
©1995
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 362.1/089/96073
Soggetto topico: 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
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: African Americans, Gender, and Public Health in the South -- 1. Private Crusades for Public Health -- 2. Spreading the Gospel of Health -- 3. A New Deal for Black Health -- 4. Good Intentions and Bad Blood in Alabama -- 5. The Public Health Work of Poor Rural Women -- 6. Sharecroppers and Sorority Women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Sick and tired of being sick and tired  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21075-4
9786613210753
0-8122-0027-6
0-585-12728-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827060503321
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Serie: Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.