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SUMMARY:Nonfiction Readers' Club
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of "The Black Angels: The Untold Stor
 y of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis" by Maria Smilios. .\nhttps:/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>New York City\, 1929. A sanatorium\, a dea
 dly disease\, and a dire nursing shortage.</p>\n<p>In the days when tuber&
 shy\;culosis stirred people&rsquo\;s darkest fears\, white nurses at Sea V
 iew\, New York&rsquo\;s largest municipal hospital\, began quitting en mas
 se. City officials summoned Black southern nurses\, luring them with promi
 ses of good pay\, a career\, and an escape from the stric&shy\;tures of Ji
 m Crow. This remarkable true story follows the intrepid young women known 
 by their patients as the &ldquo\;Black Angels.&rdquo\; But despite their r
 ole in desegregating the New York City hospital system&mdash\;and their vi
 tal work in helping to find the cure for tuberculo&shy\;sis at Sea View&md
 ash\;these nurses were completely erased from history.</p>\n<p><strong>Got
 ham Book Finalist 2024 |&nbsp\;</strong><strong>NPR Science Friday Best Su
 mmer Beach Reads 2024 |&nbsp\;</strong><strong>Winner of Christopher Award
  2024</strong></p>\n<p>Copies of the book will be available at the library
  on Friday\, January 17. Holds can be placed through <a href="https://wdd.
 swanlibraries.net/Record/a3182791?searchId=89072748&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp
 \;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex">our website</a>.</p>\nhttps://wooddale
 .libnet.info/event/12651405
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