Ebook219 pages5 hours
The People's Hospital: A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s-1970s
By Julie Parle
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Durban's McCord Hospital, this book argues, is one of the most important hospitals of the twentieth century. Founded 'for the Zulu' in 1909 by American Christian missionaries, Dr James B. McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, for more than a century it was a centre of affordable health care for the under privileged of many faiths, cultures and political persuasions. It also pioneered the training of black nurses, midwives and doctors and was supported by prominent figures such as John L. Dube and Chief Albert Luthuli. It initially faced, however, strong opposition from white factions in Durban and, by the 1960s was directly targeted for closure by South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd himself. McCords survived in part because apartheid forces did not understand that for several generations and for many communities, it had come to be a 'people's hospital'. This identity would help carry it through to the early twenty-first century with the conviction and courage, when necessary, to stand up against the State when its policies threatened the health of all South Africa's people. This is a history of the religious, health, medical and political contexts of Natal and South Africa from the late 1800s to the 1970s. There are many stories of important firsts and milestones, but what emerges is more than simply a straightforward tale of heroism and triumph. Instead, we tell multiple stories of struggles, successes, failures, frustrations, sacrifices, and how, on occasion, difficult choices and compromises had to be made.
Author
Julie Parle
Vanessa Noble is a lecturer in Historical Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has several publications on the histories of health and healing in South Africa.
Related to The People's Hospital
Related ebooks
Kwai River Christian Hospital: Voices from the First 60 Years Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHealing Histories: Stories from Canada's Indian Hospitals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn All Frontiers: Four Centuries of Canadian Nursing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe District Nurse: A Pictorial History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTemple Street Children's Hospital: An Illustrated History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHidden Heroes in Medicine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInto Africa: A Transnational History of Catholic Medical Missions and Social Change Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRituals & Myths in Nursing: A Social History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChildren’s Health Issues in Historical Perspective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorthampton State Hospital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder the Stone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDevon Women in Public and Professional Life, 1900–1950: Votes, Voices and Vocations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIdioms of Sámi Health and Healing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHealth Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsButterflies and Demons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuiet Reformers: The Legacy of Early Victoria's Bishop Edward and Mary Cridge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSUNY Downstate Medical Center Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmazing Medical Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMi'sel Joe: An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Midwife Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Sanatoriums and Asylums of Eastern North Carolina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDetroit's Hospitals, Healers, and Helpers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTelevision, Bedpans, and Me: A Life Lived in the Red Centre of Australia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClinic of Hope: The Story of Rene Caisse and Essiac Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrincess Margaret Hospital: The Story of a Bahamian Institution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRadical Medicine: The International Origins of Socialized Health Care in Canada Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreaking the Glass Ceiling: The Stories of Three Caribbean Nurses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Want to Know If I Got to Get Married: A Doctor on the Grenfell Mission Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNapa State Hospital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMedical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region, 1880–2000 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
History For You
The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Grief Observed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lessons of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ZERO Percent: Secrets of the United States, the Power of Trust, Nationality, Banking and ZERO TAXES! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The People's Hospital
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The People's Hospital - Julie Parle
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1