Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired : : Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950 / / Susan L. Smith.

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...

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Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired : Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950 / Susan L. Smith.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
©1995
1 online resource (288 p.) : 10 illus.
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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.
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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 Studies.
African-American Studies.
Caregiving.
Health.
Medicine.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights. bisacsh
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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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title_alt 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
title_new Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired :
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contents 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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