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Unidentified midwife standing with Susie Tiger at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.

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Collection

State Board of Health collection
Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF7

Geographic Term

Collier County (Fla.)
Immokalee (Fla.)

Subject Term

Personal Subjects

Tiger, Susie

Corporate Subject

Florida. State Board of Health.

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 3 in.

General Note

The Board initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.

Accompanying note: "Big Cypress flooded and forced them out. The Seminole is Susie Tiger who acts in the capacity of a midwife"

Unidentified midwife standing with Susie Tiger at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.

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Title

Unidentified midwife standing with Susie Tiger at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.

Subject

Public health nursing

Public health

Community health nursing

Midwifery

Floods

Refugee camps

Refugees

Muskogean Indians--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Seminole Indians--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Seminole women--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Public health personnel--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Public health nurses--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Visiting nurses--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Midwives--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Medical personnel--Florida--Collier County--Immokalee

Date

1930 (circa)

Identifier

SBH0037

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Geographic Term

Collier County (Fla.)

Immokalee (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 3 in.

Series Title

State Board of Health collection

State Board of Health collection Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF7

Shelf Number

Location: 20328, B.

General Note

The Board initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.

Accompanying note: "Big Cypress flooded and forced them out. The Seminole is Susie Tiger who acts in the capacity of a midwife"

Subject - Person

Tiger, Susie

Subject - Corporate

Florida. State Board of Health.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Unidentified midwife standing with Susie Tiger at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida. 1930 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44512>, accessed 29 July 2026.

MLA

Unidentified midwife standing with Susie Tiger at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida. 1930 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44512>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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Unidentified midwife standing with Susie Tiger at a temporary camp in Immokalee, Florida.