(WTNH) — During the Great Depression when there was no cure for tuberculosis, a group of black nurses in New York City put their lives on the line to save people afflicted with the disease.

When Betty Smith Williams, DrPH, RN (NUR '54) became the first black student to earn her nursing credentials from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, she already had activism in her veins. Her ...

"The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis" sheds light on a crucial aspect of medical history that had long been overlooked: the significant contributions of ...