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Nurse McGreen with another woman holding a baby during the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

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SBH0101A

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Collection

State Board of Health collection
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF22

Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)

Subject Term

Public health nurses--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Public health personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American nurses--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Medical personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Midwifery--Study and teaching
Nursing specialties
African American midwives
African Americans in medicine
Public health

Personal Subjects

McGreen, Nurse

Corporate Subject

Florida. State Board of Health.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes.

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1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 3 in.

General Note

The Board initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.

Accompanying note: "Oldest & youngest attending institute. The woman holding baby is 84 years old. The baby is 10 months."

Photographed in front of Lee Hall.

Nurse McGreen with another woman holding a baby during the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

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Nurse McGreen with another woman holding a baby during the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

Subject

Public health nurses--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Public health personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

African American nurses--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Medical personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Midwifery--Study and teaching

Nursing specialties

African American midwives

African Americans in medicine

Public health

Date

1933

Identifier

SBH0101A

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Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 3 in.

Series Title

State Board of Health collection

State Board of Health collection Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF22

Shelf Number

Location: 20328, B.

General Note

The Board initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.

Accompanying note: "Oldest & youngest attending institute. The woman holding baby is 84 years old. The baby is 10 months."

Photographed in front of Lee Hall.

Subject - Person

McGreen, Nurse

Subject - Meeting

West Florida Midwives Institute (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes)

West Florida Midwives Institute (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College)

Subject - Corporate

Florida. State Board of Health.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes.

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Nurse McGreen with another woman holding a baby during the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida. 1933. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44579>, accessed 5 November 2025.

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Nurse McGreen with another woman holding a baby during the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida. 1933. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44579>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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