Mamie Hale

Mamie Odessa Hale was a nurse-midwife who worked for the Crittenden County Health Department in 1942; circa 1940s.

African-American woman in cap and apron holding medical utensils

Courtesy of the UAMS Library’s Historical Research Center

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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