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| الناشر | Virago |
| رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 13 | 9780349009254 |
| رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 10 | 349009252 |
| وصف الكتاب | New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage.So begins the remarkable true story of the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest plagues, told alongside the often strange chronicle of the cure's discovery.'Gripping' New York Times'Wonderfully told... an invaluable restoration of another of history's racially biased omissions' Diana Evans'Their triumphant story has until now been almost completely neglected' The Bookseller'Informative, enthralling, and sometimes appalling, this is history at its best' BooklistDuring those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed 1 in 7 people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the remote borough of Staten Island, yet again confronting racism and consigned to a woefully understaffed facility, dubbed 'the pest house' where 'no one left alive'.Spanning the Great Depression and moving through World War II and beyond, this story follows the intrepid young women, the 'Black Angels', who, for twenty years, risked their lives working under dreadful conditions while caring for the city's poorest - 1,800 souls languishing in wards, waiting to die or become 'guinea pigs' for experimental (often deadly) drugs. Yet despite their major role in desegregating the NYC hospital system - and vital work in the race for the cure for tuberculosis and subsequently helping to find it at Sea View - these nurses were completely erased from history. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the centre of this riveting story celebrating their legacy and spirit of survival. |
| عن المؤلف | A New York City native, Maria Smilios has a Masters of Arts from Boston University in Religion & Literature. Smilios was a science-book editor when she discovered the Black Angels and was invited to tell this little-known story by one of the surviving nurses. Maria currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina. This is her first book. Read more |
| اللغة | English |
| الكاتب | Maria Smilios |
| تاريخ النشر | 2023-10-05 |
| عدد الصفحات | 448 pages |
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
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