Ms. Maria Smilios will discuss her book entitled “The Black Angels The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis,” the remarkable and true story of The Black Angels that spanned the Great Depression and moved through World War II and beyond.
The story follows the intrepid young women known by their patients as “The Black Angels.” For twenty years, they risked their lives working under appalling conditions while caring for New York’s poorest residents.
Maria Smilios is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and adjunct lecturer at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She was born and raised in New York City. She holds a Master of Arts in American literature and religion from Boston University where she was a Luce and Presidential scholar. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Narratively, The Forward, Lit Hub, Writers Digest, The Emancipator, Newsweek, and other publications.
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This presentation is a collaboration between Bloomfield Public Library and The Wintonbury Historical Society.