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County History:
Hoke
Region:
Coastal
Quick Facts
County seat: Raeford, NC
Population: ~55,234 (2019 estimate)
Hoke county website
People and Biographies
Notable individuals from nursing history.
Carrie Early Broadfoot
(1870-1945): Founder of the North Carolina Association of Negro Registered Nurses (NCACGN).
Resources
Additional resources for further research.
Articles and Publications
Hoke County with Public Health Problems. (1971, June).
The Health Bulletin
, pp. 12-14. Information and photograph of Myrtle Campbell, Hoke County's first public health nurse.
Archives
Annual Report of the Board of Public Charities of North Carolina, 1910
. Available through UNC's Documenting the American South. Document discusses the State Sanatorium in Hoke County, NC.
Biennial report of the Western North Carolina Sanatorium, Black Mountain, and the North Carolina Sanatorium, Sanatorium, 1940 [full-text document]
available on archive.org.
North Carolina Sanatorium, Sanatorium, N.C. : for the treatment of tuberculosis [informational pamphlet]
available in North Carolina Digital Collections.
Newspaper Clippings
1921, Nov 07.
Helping the Negro
.
The Charlotte Observer
, p.6. Charlotte, North Carolina.
1945, May 28.
Negro Nurses Win Diplomas, Dr. J.B. McRae of Fayetteville Speaks to Graduates at Sanatorium
.
The Charlotte Observer
, p.11. Charlotte, North Carolina.
1946.
Seven Negro Nurses Graduate at North Carolina Sanatorium
. (n.p.). Hoke County, North Carolina.
Compiled by:
Phoebe Pollitt
