Sick and tired of being sick and tired : Black women's health activism in America, 1890-1950 / Susan L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Susan Lynn, 1960- author.

Series:

Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.

Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women health reformers--Southern States--History.

African American women health reformers.

African Americans--Medical care--Southern States--History.

African Americans.

Health care reform--Southern States--History.

Health care reform.

Public health--Southern States--History.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1995]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9786613210753

9781283210751

1283210754

9780812200270

0812200276

9780585127286

058512728X

OCLC:

44956069