Bradley students taking part in demonstration following classes in home hygiene and care of sick
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Group of eleven young African American women participating in a demonstration of health care procedures. They are all wearing nurse-type dresses with caps showing the red cross symbol.Dr. Harry Mustard worked in Rutherford County, Tennessee, during the 1920's on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation's Commonwealth Fund. He took photographs as part of a five-year study of health and sanitation conditions of rural children. Dr. Mustard went on to become a very prominent public health administrator.
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Digital Library of TennesseeKeywords
- African Americans
- Nurses
- Public Health
- Public Health Nursing
- Rural Health
- Sanitation
- Tennessee
- Women