Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.
Format: Book
Description: xi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Based on oral histories, government records, and manuscript collections at historically black colleges, 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.
Series: Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
Contents:
Black Club Women and Public Health Work -- TuskegeeInstitute and National Negro Health Week -- From Tuskegee Movable School to the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment -- Black Midwives in Mississippi -- Alpha Kappa Alpha Mississippi Health Project.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: 1660L
ISBN:
0812232372
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Society Smi | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
Western Association of Women Historians Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, 1996.
Western Association of Women Historians Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, 1996.