Alma Vessells John belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Alma Vessells John as African-American nurse, civil rights activist, radio and television pioneer and writer (1906-1986).
Alma Vessells John was born at Philadelphia in 1906. Her recorded nationality is United States. She trained at Harlem Hospital School of Nursing and New York University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, laboratory medicine, vaccines and public health began to change mortality at population scale.
Her posts were held at Alma John Workshops Association.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from United States matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Alma Vessells John died in 1986, aged 80. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Alma John Workshops Association
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