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X-WR-CALDESC:The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cu
 re Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios (448 pages)\n\nNew York City\, 1929. A sa
 natorium\, a deadly disease\, and a dire nursing shortage.\n\nIn the pre-a
 ntibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears\, killing 
 one in seven\, white nurses at Sea View\, New York’s largest municipal hos
 pital\, began quitting en masse. Desperate to avert a public health crisis
 \, city officials summoned Black southern nurses\, luring them with promis
 es of good pay\, a career\, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow.
  But after arriving\, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the 
 remote borough of Staten Island\, yet again confronting racism and consign
 ed to a woefully understaffed sanatorium\, dubbed “the pest house\,” where
  it was said that “no one left alive.”\n\nSpanning the Great Depression an
 d moving through World War II and beyond\, this remarkable true story foll
 ows the intrepid young women known by their patients as the “Black Angels.
 ” For twenty years\, they risked their lives working under appalling condi
 tions while caring for New York’s poorest residents\, who languished in wa
 rds\, waiting to die\, or became guinea pigs for experimental surgeries an
 d often deadly drugs. But despite their major role in desegregating the Ne
 w York City hospital system—and their vital work in helping to find the cu
 re for tuberculosis at Sea View—these nurses were completely erased from h
 istory. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women 
 and puts them at the center of this riveting story\, celebrating their leg
 acy and spirit of survival.\n
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DESCRIPTION:The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cur
 e Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios (448 pages)\n\nNew York City\, 1929. A san
 atorium\, a deadly disease\, and a dire nursing shortage.\n\nIn the pre-an
 tibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears\, killing o
 ne in seven\, white nurses at Sea View\, New York’s largest municipal hosp
 ital\, began quitting en masse. Desperate to avert a public health crisis\
 , city officials summoned Black southern nurses\, luring them with promise
 s of good pay\, a career\, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. 
 But after arriving\, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the r
 emote borough of Staten Island\, yet again confronting racism and consigne
 d to a woefully understaffed sanatorium\, dubbed “the pest house\,” where 
 it was said that “no one left alive.”\n\nSpanning the Great Depression and
  moving through World War II and beyond\, this remarkable true story follo
 ws the intrepid young women known by their patients as the “Black Angels.”
  For twenty years\, they risked their lives working under appalling condit
 ions while caring for New York’s poorest residents\, who languished in war
 ds\, waiting to die\, or became guinea pigs for experimental surgeries and
  often deadly drugs. But despite their major role in desegregating the New
  York City hospital system—and their vital work in helping to find the cur
 e for tuberculosis at Sea View—these nurses were completely erased from hi
 story. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women a
 nd puts them at the center of this riveting story\, celebrating their lega
 cy and spirit of survival.\n
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SUMMARY:True Story Book Club: The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nur
 ses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
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