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Portrait of a midwife at the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

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SBH0262

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State Board of Health collection
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF41

Physical Description

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

General Note

Accompanying note: "Midwives photographs - with captions from J. Graves photo book"

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

"'16 years old when freedom cried' attributes her peculiar pale blue eyes to 'bin marked wid a pided cat an dese is de ryo cat eye.'"

Portrait of a midwife at the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

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Portrait of a midwife at the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.

Subject

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Ethnicity, African American

African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Portraits

African American women--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Portraits

Public health

Nursing specialties

Midwifery--Study and teaching

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

African American midwives--Portraits

Portraits--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Date

1933 (circa)

Identifier

SBH0262

Image URL

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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, FF41

Shelf Number

Location: 20328, B.

General Note

Accompanying note: "Midwives photographs - with captions from J. Graves photo book"

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

"'16 years old when freedom cried' attributes her peculiar pale blue eyes to 'bin marked wid a pided cat an dese is de ryo cat eye.'"

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 for Negroes.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Portrait of a midwife at the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida. 1933 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44715>, accessed 5 November 2025.

MLA

Portrait of a midwife at the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida. 1933 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44715>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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Portrait of a midwife at the West Florida Midwives Institute at Florida A&M College in Tallahassee, Florida.