Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses

CTL-E-1261 · Institution · other · 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s

Verified evidence grade of this record

Black-founded hospital and the 'country's top Black nurse training program'; created employment for Black nurses via its own visiting-nurse service when white agencies refused to hire them. (Cross-referenced: detailed hospital history in CTL-DR-BCI-001; this entry records Track-A function/dependency layer only.)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-064; source research type(s): hospital.

Sources

Chicago History Museum, 'Provident Hospital' (2024). https://www.chicagohistory.org/provident-hospital/
UIC Mapping Care Project, 'Black Women in White,' Chapter 4 (mappingcare.digital.uic.edu). (primary source)
chicagohistory.org (2024); mappingcare.digital.uic.edu
chicagohistory.org (2024)
mappingcare.digital.uic.edu (UIC digital exhibit, primary documents); chicagohistory.org

Record CTL-E-1261 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: INST-001.
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