The Untold Story of Staten Island's Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

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This episode of the Untapped New York podcast features a reading and interview with Maria Smilios, the author of the book The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. Her eloquently and meticulously researched narrative non-fiction book is told with first hand interviews with the Black Angel nurses of Sea View Hospital on Staten Island. In the episode, Smilios brings to light this important but forgotten story in a moving, lyrical recounting of the brave journey of the Black Angels and groundbreaking work. She also shares an audio recording of Virginia Allen, the last surviving Black Angel, who still lives at Sea View.
The Untapped New York Podcast is produced by Michelle Young and co-hosted by Justin Rivers. Music by Kittens Ablaze ("Gloom Doom Buttercups" and "Branches"). New York City skyline in icon by Bernadette Moke, the Downtown Doodler.

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