Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital by O'Connor, Candace

Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital

Nothing about Homer G. Phillips Hospital came easily. Built to serve St. Louis's rapidly expanding African-American population,...
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Author: Candace O'Connor
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Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital by O'Connor, Candace

Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital

$151.00

Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital

$151.00
Author: Candace O'Connor
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Nothing about Homer G. Phillips Hospital came easily. Built to serve St. Louis's rapidly expanding African-American population, the grand new hospital opened its doors in 1937, toward the end of the Great Depression. "Homer G.," as many called it, joined a burgeoning group of black hospitals amid a national period of institutional segregation and strong racial prejudice nationwide.

When the beautiful, up-to-date hospital opened, it attracted more black residents than any other such program in the United States. Patients also flocked to the hospital, as did nursing students who found there excellent training, ready employment, and a boost into the middle class. For decades, the hospital thrived; by the 1950s, three-quarters of African-American babies in St. Louis were born at Homer G.

But the 1960s and 1970s brought less need for all-black hospitals, as faculty, residents, and patients were increasingly welcome in the many newly integrated institutions. Ever-tightening city budgets meant less money for the hospital, and in 1979, despite protests from the African-American community, HGPH closed. Years later, the venerated, long-vacant building came to life again as the Homer G. Phillips Senior Living Community.

Candace O'Connor draws upon contemporary newspaper articles, institutional records, and dozens of interviews with former staff members to create the first, full history of the Homer G. Phillips Hospital. She also brings new facts and insights into the life and mysterious murder (still an unsolved case) of the hospital's namesake, a pioneering Black attorney and civil rights activist who led the effort to build the sorely needed medical facility in the Ville neighborhood.

Author: Candace O'Connor
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 02/21/2022
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780826222473


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2022

About the Author
Candace O'Connor is a free-lance journalist and the author of 12 books including, most recently, A Legacy of Caring: The History of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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