Race, Poverty, and the Negotiation of Women’s Health in New York City, 1915–1930
by
Tanya Hart
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Shortly after the dawn of the twentieth century, the New York City Department of Health decided to address what it perceived as the racial nature of health. It delivered heavily racialized care in different neighborhoods throughout the city: syphillis treatment among African Americans, tuberculosis...