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Unidentified midwife standing with Seminoles at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.

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Image Number

SBH0040

Collection

State Board of Health collection
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF7

Geographic Term

Collier County (Fla.)
Immokalee (Fla.)

Subject Term

Public health
Public health nursing
Community health nursing
Midwifery
Floods
Refugee camps
Refugees
Muskogean Indians--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee
Seminole Indians--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee
Public health personnel--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee
Public health nurses--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee
Visiting nurses--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee
Midwives--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee
Medical personnel--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Personal Subjects

Tiger, Susie

Corporate Subject

Florida. State Board of Health.

Physical Description

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

General Note

Accompanying note: "Big Cypress flooded and forced them out. An Indian midwife, Susie Tiger."

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

Unidentified midwife standing with Seminoles at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.

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Unidentified midwife standing with Seminoles at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida. 1930 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44515>, accessed 1 February 2023.

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Unidentified midwife standing with Seminoles at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida. 1930 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44515>

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Unidentified midwife standing with Seminoles at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.