History of Anesthesia bound with Black Women in the Nursing Profession (The Foundations of Modern Nursing in America Vol 7) RLE Nursing

The twenty-seven articles, essays, surveys and reports which make up this anthology illuminate the struggles and services, the perspectives and aspirations of a largely invisible group of American nurses. These documents were discovered in widely scattered archives and libraries as well as in both major and obscure journals and periodicals. As a whole they provide valuable insight into the black nurses' strategies for professional recognition and institution building. The first section addresses the emergence of the early black hospital nursing schools, the career experiences of the first generations of professionally trained black nurses and the development of black collegiate nursing schools. Section Two describes the limited opportunities available to black nurses in the 1920s and 1930s. The last section documents the struggle of black nurses for professional opportunities, higher status and integration.