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The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios
eyre_apparent's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
A powerful telling of a history that could have been lost to time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Abandonment, and War
scarvey's review
4.0
First and foremost- this country will never deserve black women !!
This wasn’t *quite* as interesting as I expected but I learned a lot. I especially appreciated the Savannah setting in the beginning. We deliver meds to Georgia Infirmary at work but I’m embarrassed to say I had no idea the rich history behind that site.
This wasn’t *quite* as interesting as I expected but I learned a lot. I especially appreciated the Savannah setting in the beginning. We deliver meds to Georgia Infirmary at work but I’m embarrassed to say I had no idea the rich history behind that site.
pwrofguinness's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism
whitecat5000's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
This felt more like a generic history of tuberculosis than specifically about the nurses who helped cure it.
lottie1803's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
pennykearns's review
5.0
A must read for those of us interested in history of diseases, cure, prevention. We have never given credit to the black heroes in our history. This is a great insight into these women.