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

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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