1930 - Founder of Aspiranto Health Home Hospital

* Alexander founded the Aspiranto Health Home Hospital in her renovated Philadelphia home in 1930. * In her clinical practice she discovered disturbing divergences where Black infant mortality rates were more than twice of White infants, and the rate of deaths from TB was six times more for Blacks than for whites. * She observed that Black Americans often received sub-standard or no care at all in seeking medical help. * The field of public health gained popularity in the years leading up to World War II, and Alexander was one of the first people to acquire a master's degree in public health in 1937.

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Public Health; Holistic Medicine

Completion Status:
yes

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