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The Public Health Nurses of Jim Crow Florida (Paperback)
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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 nursing records,
Ardalan draws attention to the innovative ways nurses bridged the
gap between these communities and government policies that
addressed threats of infection and high rates of infant and
maternal mortality. From the progressive era to the civil rights
movement, Florida's public health nurses worked to overcome the
constraints of segregation. Their story is echoed by the
experiences of today's community health nurses, who are keenly
aware that maintaining healthy lives for all Americans requires
tackling the nation's deep-rooted cultural challenges.
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