The Public Health Nurses of Jim Crow Florida By Christine Ardalan

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History of medicine

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University press of florida

The Public Health Nurses of Jim Crow Florida : University Press of Florida : 9780813066158 : 0813066158 : 30 Nov 2019 : Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore AwardHighlighting the long unacknowledged role of a group of pioneering professional women, The Public Health Nurses of Jim Crow Florida tells the story of healthcare workers who battled racism in a state where white supremacy formed the bedrock of society. They aimed to serve those people out of reach of modern medical care. In the era of Jim Crow discrimination, their marginalization in medical facilities?along with the overall medical neglect to address their health?meant that many African Americans in rural communities rarely saw doctors. Christine Ardalan shows how Florida's public health nurses took up the charge, traveling into the Florida scrub to deliver health improvement information to the homes of black and white residents, many of whom were illiterate. Drawing on a rich body of public health and

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