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Provident Hospital of Cook County (formerly Provident Hospital and Training School) is a public hospital in Chicago, Illinois that was the first African-American-run hospital in the United States. History
Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 [a] – August 4, 1931) was an American surgeon and hospital founder. A Black American, he founded Provident Hospital in 1891, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. Provident also had an associated nursing school for African Americans.
Between 1915 and 1917 Dr. Giles interned at Provident Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.He passed the exam for Junior Physician at the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium and at the Oak Forest Infirmary at the top of the Civil Service list; while certification was obtained eventually, his appointment was denied due to the color of his skin. [8]
Emma Ann Reynolds (1862-1917) was an African-American teacher, who had a desire to address the health needs of her community. Refused entrance to nurses training schools because of racism, she influenced the creation of Provident Hospital in Chicago and was one of its first four nursing graduates.
The John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (shortened Stroger Hospital, formerly Cook County Hospital) is a public hospital in Chicago, Illinois, United States.It is part of Cook County Health, along with Provident Hospital of Cook County and several related centers, which provides public primary, specialty, and tertiary healthcare services to residents of Cook County, Illinois.
He worked as a gynecologist at Provident Hospital, from 1916 to 1920; as a gynecologist at the German American Hospital from 1918 to 1922; as a surgeon and attending staff at Chicago General Hospital from 1911 to 1928. [2] [1] Roberts served in 1925 as the president of the Chicago NAACP. [1]
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Lloyd Garrison Wheeler (before 1902) Lloyd Garrison Wheeler, Sr. (1848-1909) was an attorney, businessman, philanthropist, and political leader.Wheeler was the first African-American to practice law in the state of Illinois and was influential in the establishment of Provident Hospital of Cook County — a medical facility still extant in the 21st century.