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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramGroup portrait of midwives at the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.
Image Number
SBH0170
Rights
Collection
State Board of Health collection
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF45
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF45
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American women--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Public health
Nursing specialties
Midwifery--Study and teaching
Medical personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American midwives
Portraits, Group--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Ethnicity, African American
African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American women--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Public health
Nursing specialties
Midwifery--Study and teaching
Medical personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American midwives
Portraits, Group--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 3 x 5 in.
General Note
Photographed in front of Lee Hall.
The Board initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.
Group portrait of midwives at the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.
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