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

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
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Smith, Susan L.,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©1995
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 10 illus.
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Table of 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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