For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform

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1. A Henry Street nurse with a Chinese family, 1930s

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A nurse from the Henry Street Settlement with a Chinese family in the Bronx, New York, 1930s

Courtesy National Library of Medicine

Public health nurses, often hired by community organizations, provided care and instruction to immigrant and poor families in both urban and rural areas.