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Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing - Spring Seminar Series
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Speaker: Linda Maldonado, Doctoral Student, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Title: ˇ§Midwive's Collaborative Activism in Two Northeast Cities: 1970 to 1990"
Abstract: Infant mortality within the black community has been a persistent phenomenon in the United States, despite a dependence on advancing medical technologies and medical models of birth. Longitudinal studies before the mid-1990s historically linked poverty as the dominant factor in infant mortality affecting black communities. Refusing to accept poverty as a major determinant of infant mortality within marginalized populations of women, midwives during the 1970s through 1990 collaborated with social workers, community activists, physicians, and public health workers to assist in the empowerment of affected communities. Using Philadelphia and Washington, DC, as case studies, this historical study examines the importance of little-known individuals whose ideas and practices exemplified what is valued in nursing and midwifery.
For more information or to RSVP please email nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu or call 215-898-4502. Canˇ¦t attend in person? Why not join us via our webinar. To register, go to www.joinwebinar.com (Webinar ID: 234-918-483)
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Tiffany Collier
Center Coordinator
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
418 Curie Blvd, 2U (2004)
Phila., PA 19104-4217
Phone: 215-898-4502
Fax: 215-573-2168
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Email: nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu
Visit the website at http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/
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