When tuberculosis was killing one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses. This story follows the intrepid young women, the "Black Angels," who, for twenty years, risked their lives working under dreadful conditions - yet these nurses were completely erased from history. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the centre of this riveting story celebrating their legacy and spirit of survival.
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