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Butler Ward, St. Louis Children's Hospital
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- Butler Ward
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Dates of existence
1923-1947
History
In 1923 the Hospital built the Butler Ward, for the treatment of private and ward patients “of the Negro race.” In 1947, during a polio epidemic, the hospital was desegregated when it became clear that it was more important to provide room for contagious patients than for patients of color.
"Women and Childsaving" / Marion Hunt footnote 21 http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/articles/SLCH.htm#ref21
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Language(s)
- English
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- Latin
Sources
- “Women and Childsaving: St. Louis Children’s Hospital 1879-1979” by Marion Hunt. Women in the Health Sciences, Bernard Becker Medical Library Digital Collection. The following article is reprinted with permission from the January 1980 issue of The Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, vol. 36, no. 2 ©1980 by the Missouri Historical Society. http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/articles/SLCH.htm#ref21
- Patients in Jennie Mallinckrodt Ward, c.1920s and patients in Butler Ward, no date. RG013-S05-B57-F02 Folder, Part of St. Louis Children's Hospital Records See also: VC008143, VC008149, VC008395, and VC008398.
- Nurse playing with a patient in the Butler Ward, St. Louis Children's Hospital. VC008-i008402 Item circa 1923, Part of Saint Louis Children's Hospital Photographs, Same as VC008170.
- Three patients in beds in the Butler Ward, St. Louis Children's Hospital. VC008-i008143 Item circa 1924, Part of Saint Louis Children's Hospital Photographs
The Butler Ward opened in 1923 to serve black children. It was in use until 1947, when St. Louis Children's Hospital integrated. See also VC008398. - Four patients in beds in the Butler Ward, St. Louis Children's Hospital. VC008-i008398 Item circa 1924, Part of Saint Louis Children's Hospital Photographs
The photograph was published in the 1924 SLCH Annual Report. See also VC008143. - John C. Herweg Oral History (OH079), interview by Candace O'Connor. OH079 Collection, March 2005 (Butler Ward)