The Black Angels: Virtual Chat With Maria Smilios and Virginia Allen

Originally aired: March 26, 2024

In this conversational webinar hosted by the CHEST Women in Chest Medicine Interest Group, we hear the story of the Black Angels, the Black nurses who stepped in to care for patients with TB in the 1930s, when white nurses refused. Moderator, Danielle McCamey, DNP, APRN, FCCP, is joined by surviving Black Angel, Virginia Allen, and author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, Maria Smilios, to learn about their experience.

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