This first edition of Working Americans 1880-2022: Health Care Workers is the 18th volume in the popular Working Americans series. It profiles 31 Americans from very different walks of life who made distinct contributions to the nation’s quest for health. In addition to profiling physicians, nurses, and other health care workers, this volume contains perhaps unexpected portraits of an anti-cigarette activist, a volunteer for the Food and Drug Administration’s “Poison Squad,” a medical school reformer, a hospital data security expert, and an electrical engineer who helped with the COVID vaccine, among others. Profiles span more than 140 years and detail the lives of champions of health in one form or another, while at the same time tracing the evolution of health care in the United States.
Like other volumes in this series, Health Care Workers is a compilation of original research - personal diaries, family histories - combined with government statistics, commercial advertisements, and news features. The profiles combine historical facts with historical fiction to create the individuals and families featured. The text is written in bulleted format, and hundreds of images offer strong visuals of the lives of teens at work. People covered include medical school reformer Abraham Flexner, life insurance agent Alex Haas, physician for Doctors Without Borders Christina Becker, and hospital data security administrator Yuta Ishikawa.
Each 12-15 page profile starts with a brief introduction and photograph of the subject, then moves to three bulleted sections.
- Life at Home what home life was like for these teenagers and their families - daily routines, what their house looked like, and what they ate.
- Life at Work details what it was like at their school and their job, be it after school or during the summer, including work environment, relationships with co-workers, and attitude of others.
- Life in the Community offers insight into the neighborhood these teens lived in, often with geographic and social history, as well as a sense of the area’s economy and recreational opportunities.
Next are Historical Snapshots - interesting collections of firsts and significant events that happened in the year profiled. These are followed by Selected Prices - the cost of everyday items, from shoes to radios. Each chapters ends with Primary Documents - full reprints or excerpts of magazine and newspaper articles, letters, and diary entries about a variety of current events that adds historical context to the life of the profiled teen.
Following the profiles are approximately 150 pages of current reports and statistics that offer a detailed look at current health care professions, containing wage and employment figures broken down at the national and state levels. An overall picture of health care workers during COVID begins this section, and maps and graphs provide a visual presentation of important data related to some of today’s most popular health-care-related occupations. This represents the most recent information available from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Table of Contents
i) Publisher’s Note
Section One: Profiles
- 1896: Anti-Corset Campaigner
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Corsets and Ladies’ Undergarments
- 1901: Anti-Cigaret League of America Volunteer
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Smoking
- 1904: “Poison Squad” Volunteer for the Pure Food and Drug Act
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Washington, DC
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Food and Drug Laws
- 1910: Medical School Reformer
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Louisville, Kentucky
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Medical Education
- 1915: Railway Surgeon
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Petersburg, Virginia
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Railway Surgery
- 1919: Doctor, Influenza Epidemic
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Richmond, Virginia
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Influenza Timeline, 1918
- 1924: Dentist
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Columbia, South Carolina
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Dentistry
- 1931: Hospital Nurse
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Berkeley, California
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Nursing
- 1941: Pharmacist
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Smithtown, New York
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Pharmacy Timeline
- 1955: Family Physician
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Charleston, South Carolina
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Medicine
- 1959: Hospital Workers’ Strike Organizer
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: New York, New York
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Labor
- 1965: Psychologist and Head Start Champion
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Nashville, Tennessee
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Psychology
- 1967: Medical Student
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: San Francisco, California
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Chinese Immigration
- 1971: Life Insurance Agent
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Omaha, Nebraska
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Life Insurance
- 1972: Ambulance Driver
- Life at Home
- Life at Work: Ambulance Driving
- Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of EMS Services
- 1974: Ear, Nose, and Throat Physician
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Fort Myers, Florida
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Rural Health Outreach
- 1975: Caregiver
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: New York City
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Jamaican Immigration
- 1980: Phlebotomist, Early AIDS Crisis
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Phlebotomy
- 1983: Civilian (Medical Student), Invasion of Grenada
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Grenada
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of U.S. Invasion of Grenada
- 1994: Physician’s Assistant
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Sugar Land, Texas
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Physician Assistant Profession
- 1995: Pediatrician, Group Practice
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Seattle, Washington
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Group Medical Practice Timeline
- 2006: Nurse Midwife
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Midwifery Timeline
- 2009: Physician, Doctors Without Borders
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Afghanistan
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Doctors Without Borders Timeline
- 2009: Biochemist
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Stow, Massachusetts
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- Timeline of Biochemistry
- 2010: Wounded Warrior
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Iraq and Afghanistan
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- 2016: Family Therapist
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Worcester, Massachusetts
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- 2016: Telehealth Remote Nurse
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- 2017: Hospital Data Security Administrator
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Salem, Oregon
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- 2020: Geriatric Nurse Practioner, COVID Pandemic
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Brooklyn, New York
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- 2021: Pharmaceutical Electrical Engineer, COVID Treatment
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Durham, North Carolina
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
- 2022: Registered Nurse
- Life at Home
- Life at Work
- Life in the Community: Arvada, Colorado
- Historical Snapshot
- Selected Prices
Section Two: Health Care Today
- Health Care Worker Employment
- 22 Million Employed in Health Care Fight Against COVID-19
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
- Audiologists
- Chiropractors
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Dentists, General
- Emergency Medical Technicians
- General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Nurse Midwives
- Nurse Practitioners
- Occupational Therapists
- Optometrists
- Paramedics
- Pediatricians, General
- Phlebotomists
- Physical Therapists
- Physician Assistants
- Podiatrists
- Registered Nurses
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Further Reading
- Index
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