Early Black American Leaders in Nursing
Title | Early Black American Leaders in Nursing PDF eBook |
Author | Althea T. Davis |
Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Total Pages | 262 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | African American nurses |
ISBN | 9780763710095 |
In celebrating the history of the black nursing experience, the author (a RN and EdD) relates the role model-worthy biographies of three Nursing Hall of Fame women: Mary Eliza Mahoney, Martha Minerva Franklin, and Adah Belle Samuels Thoms. Includes substantial appendices on the National Association
Black Women in White
Title | Black Women in White PDF eBook |
Author | Darlene Clark Hine |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-07-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0253056950 |
" . . . pioneering. . . . This history, as Hine vividly depicts it, sheds light on the development of African-American professionals and offers as well the opportunity to analyze the intersection of race and gender." —The Nation " . . . well-researched and innovative . . . Highly recommended." —Library Journal "The book is full of poignant and sympathetic portraits of black nurses in their dedication and idealism, in their pain and anger at the relentless contempt of white nurses and in their deep concern for their community's health needs. . . . Hine has brilliantly fulfilled an aim other historians have neglected . . . " —The Women's Review of Books "This well-researched book adds breadth and depth to the existing literature on the educational and professional history of black nurses, including the development of black hospitals and training schools in the US. . . . Highly recommended." —Choice " . . . an important book not only because it is a serious effort to analyze nursing history in the context of American racism but also because it offers a vantage point on the experiences of black women at work." —Medical Humanities Review "Darlene Clark Hine has written a thoughtful analysis of the struggles of African Americans striving for professional status and recognition. . . . an illuminating study of the interaction of race and gender in the construction of a professional identity." —The Journal of American History This pathbreaking study analyzes the impact of racism on the development of the nursing profession, particularly on black women in the profession, during the first half of this century. Hine uncovers shameful episodes in nursing history and probes the nature and extent of racial conflict and cooperation in the profession.
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops
Title | Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops PDF eBook |
Author | Susie King Taylor |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 142 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | African American women |
ISBN |
The Path We Tread
Title | The Path We Tread PDF eBook |
Author | M. Elizabeth Carnegie |
Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Publishers |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 1999-08 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
This is the only resource to examine over 140 years of black nurses' contributions to the nursing field. This new edition is expanded and international in scope, looking at black nurses' involvement as leaders, innovators, and caregivers in Africa, the Caribbean, and across the globe. It explores black nurses' participation in the military, nursing education at historically black institutions, the struggle for black nurses to be recognized by national nursing organizations, and features early leaders who paved the way for black nurses today. -- Publisher description.
Mary Eliza Mahoney and the Legacy of African American Nurses
Title | Mary Eliza Mahoney and the Legacy of African American Nurses PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Muaddi Darraj |
Publisher | Chelsea House |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780791080290 |
Chronicles the history of the first African American professional nurse and the struggles and contributions of African American nurses through the start of the twenty-first century.
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Title | Mary Eliza Mahoney PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Muaddi Darraj |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | 143 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | African American nurses |
ISBN | 1438107609 |
Mahoney was the first African-American woman to break down the barriers and gain admittance to the nursing profession in the United States.
Soul of Leadership: Journeys in Leadership and Achievementwith Distinguished African American Nurses
Title | Soul of Leadership: Journeys in Leadership and Achievementwith Distinguished African American Nurses PDF eBook |
Author | Hattie Bessent |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780040850018 |