Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired moves beyond the depiction of African Americans as mere recipients of aid or as victims of neglect and highlights the ways black health activists created public health programs and influenced public policy at every opportunity. Smith also sheds new light on the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment by situating it within the context of black public health activity, reminding us that public health work had oppressive as well as progressive consequences.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Smith, Susan
Published: 08/01/1995
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812214499
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d