Black women in white : racial conflict and cooperation in the nursing profession, 1890-1950 / Darlene Clark Hine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hine, Darlene Clark.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Blacks in the diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American nurses--History.

African American nurses.

Nursing--United States--History.

Nursing.

History.

United States.

Minorities.

History of Nursing.

United States--Race relations--History.

Race relations.

Medical Subjects:

Minorities.

United States.

History of Nursing.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 264 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1989.

Contents:

Part One. The Institutional Infrastructure of Black Nursing. Origins of the Black Hospital and Nurse Training School Movement: An overview; Northern Black Hospitals and Nurse Training Schools; Training Nurses in Southern Black Hospitals; Black Collegiate Nursing Education: A case study

Part Two. More Than Angels of Mercy. Racism, Status, and the Professionalization of Black Nursing; The Politics of Agency and the Revitalization of the NACGN; Black Women in White; "We Shall Not Be Left Out": World War II and the Integration of Nursing.

Notes:

"This pathbreaking study analyzes the impact of racism on the development of the nursing profession, particularly on the black women in the profession."--Dustjacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-254) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0253327733

0253205298

OCLC:

19130898