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A HIDDEN HISTORY:
African Women and the
British Health Service

1930–2000

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Organisation For Women Of Asian And African Descent (OWAAD)

Was an activist group for British Black and Asian women established in 1978. It was co-founded by Olive Morris and Stella Dadzie. OWAAD disbanded in 1982.

Overseas Nursing Association

The Overseas Nursing Association formerly the Colonial Nursing Association, which was established in 1895 to provide trained nurses for hospital and private work in the British colonies and among other British communities abroad.

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