The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Author Maria Smilios will read from and discuss her award-winning book “The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis” on February 18 as part of the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden’s Black History Month celebration. The reading will be held in Room 101 of the Nursing & Science Building at 4 p.m.
“The Black Angels” tells the story of a group of young Black nurses who traveled from the American South to Sea View Hospital in New York City during the Great Depression to care for individuals with tuberculosis after the white nursing workforce quit en masse.