Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired : Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950 /
Smith, Susan L.
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired : Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950 / Susan L. Smith. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 10 illus. - Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving .
Frontmatter -- 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
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812214499 9780812200270
10.9783/9780812200270 doi
African American women health reformers--History.--Southern States
African Americans--Medical care--History.--Southern States
Health care reform--History.--Southern States
Public health--History.--Southern States
African Studies.
African-American Studies.
Caregiving.
Health.
Medicine.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
RA448.5.N4 / S65 1995eb
362.1/089/96073
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired : Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950 / Susan L. Smith. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 10 illus. - Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving .
Frontmatter -- 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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812214499 9780812200270
10.9783/9780812200270 doi
African American women health reformers--History.--Southern States
African Americans--Medical care--History.--Southern States
Health care reform--History.--Southern States
Public health--History.--Southern States
African Studies.
African-American Studies.
Caregiving.
Health.
Medicine.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
RA448.5.N4 / S65 1995eb
362.1/089/96073