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The Resource Fighting for life, by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein
Fighting for life, by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein
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The item Fighting for life, by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Fighting for life, by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
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- Summary
- "New York's Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenement--in an official Health Department report, no less--as an "out and out hog pen." Diarrhea epidemics raged each summer, killing thousands of city children. Sweatshop babies with smallpox and typhus dozed in garment heaps destined for fashionable Broadway shops. Desperate mothers paced the streets to soothe their feverish children, and white mourning cloths hung from every building. A third of children living in the slums died before their fifth birthday. By 1911, the child death rate had fallen sharply and The New York Times hailed the city as the healthiest on earth. In this witty and highly personal autobiography, public health crusader Dr. Sara Josephine Baker explains how this remarkable transformation was achieved. By the time she retired from the New York City Health Department in 1923, Baker was famous worldwide for saving the lives of 90,000 children. The public health programs Baker developed, many still in use today, have probably saved the lives of millions more. She also fought for women's suffrage, toured Russia in the 1930s, and captured "Typhoid" Mary Malone, twice. She was also an astute observer of her times, and Fighting for Life is one of the most honest, compassionate memoirs of American medicine ever written"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 264 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9781590177068
- Label
- Fighting for life
- Title
- Fighting for life
- Statement of responsibility
- by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein
- Subject
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- Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine), 1873-1945
- Biographies
- Child welfare
- Child welfare -- New York (State) | New York -- History
- Children -- Mortality
- Children -- Mortality -- New York (State) | New York -- History
- History
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
- New York (State) -- New York
- Physicians
- Physicians -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Public health
- Public health -- New York (State) | New York -- History
- 1800-1999
- Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine), 1873-1945
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "New York's Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenement--in an official Health Department report, no less--as an "out and out hog pen." Diarrhea epidemics raged each summer, killing thousands of city children. Sweatshop babies with smallpox and typhus dozed in garment heaps destined for fashionable Broadway shops. Desperate mothers paced the streets to soothe their feverish children, and white mourning cloths hung from every building. A third of children living in the slums died before their fifth birthday. By 1911, the child death rate had fallen sharply and The New York Times hailed the city as the healthiest on earth. In this witty and highly personal autobiography, public health crusader Dr. Sara Josephine Baker explains how this remarkable transformation was achieved. By the time she retired from the New York City Health Department in 1923, Baker was famous worldwide for saving the lives of 90,000 children. The public health programs Baker developed, many still in use today, have probably saved the lives of millions more. She also fought for women's suffrage, toured Russia in the 1930s, and captured "Typhoid" Mary Malone, twice. She was also an astute observer of her times, and Fighting for Life is one of the most honest, compassionate memoirs of American medicine ever written"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- NLM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1873-1945
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Baker, S. Josephine
- Dewey number
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- 610.92
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- R690
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NLM call number
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- 2013 J-791
- WZ 100
- Series statement
- New York review books classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Baker, S. Josephine
- Baker, S. Josephine
- Physicians
- Children
- Child welfare
- Public health
- Child welfare
- Children
- Physicians
- Public health
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- Label
- Fighting for life, by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781590177068
- Lccn
- 2013020026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Original version note
- Baker, S. Josephine (Sara Josephine), 1873-1945.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)864530917
- 1863170
- (OCoLC)ocn864530917
- Label
- Fighting for life, by S. Josephine Baker ; introduction by Helen Epstein
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781590177068
- Lccn
- 2013020026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Original version note
- Baker, S. Josephine (Sara Josephine), 1873-1945.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)864530917
- 1863170
- (OCoLC)ocn864530917
Subject
- Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine), 1873-1945
- Biographies
- Child welfare
- Child welfare -- New York (State) | New York -- History
- Children -- Mortality
- Children -- Mortality -- New York (State) | New York -- History
- History
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
- New York (State) -- New York
- Physicians
- Physicians -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Public health
- Public health -- New York (State) | New York -- History
- 1800-1999
- Baker, S. Josephine, (Sara Josephine), 1873-1945
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