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Midwives at graduation from the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

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SBH0171

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Collection

State Board of Health collection
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF45

Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)

Subject Term

Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Schools--Exercises and recreations
Academic rites and ceremonies
Commencement ceremonies
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
Portraits, Group--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American midwives

Personal Subjects

Singleton, Rebecca

Corporate Subject

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

Physical Description

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

General Note

Photographed in front of Lee Hall.

Mrs. Rebecca Singleton, in the back row, delivered some 500 babies.

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

Midwives at graduation from the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

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Midwives at graduation from the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

Subject

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Ethnicity, African American

Schools--Exercises and recreations

Academic rites and ceremonies

Commencement ceremonies

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

Portraits, Group--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

African American midwives

Date

1935 (circa)

Identifier

SBH0171

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

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

Series Title

State Board of Health collection

State Board of Health collection Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF45

Shelf Number

Location: 20328, B.

General Note

Photographed in front of Lee Hall.

Mrs. Rebecca Singleton, in the back row, delivered some 500 babies.

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

Subject - Person

Singleton, Rebecca

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 Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Florida. State Board of Health.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Midwives at graduation from the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida. 1935 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44643>, accessed 5 November 2025.

MLA

Midwives at graduation from the Midwife Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida. 1935 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44643>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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