DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS

            
            
             This report is on the life of a renown black Doctor by the name of Daniel Hale Williams.
             I will attempt to inform you of his accomplishments as well as his concerns for his patients.
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             Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
             Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidayspurg, Pennsylvania, and died on August 4, 1931. When he was nine years old, his father died of Tuberculosis. His mother Sarah Price Williams moved the family to Baltimore to live with relatives. Daniel spent three years in an apprenticeship with a shoemaker in Baltimore. By age 17, he had also studied and become a successful barber and lived with the Anderson family in Janesville, Wisconsin where he worked in their barber-shop.
             He began his studies of medicine as an apprentice under Dr. Henry Palmer, a prominent surgeon. In 1890 he was accepted into a three-year program at the Chicago Medical School, which was affiliated with Northwestern University. He graduated with an M.D. degree in 1883. Dr. Williams began his practice in Chicago when there were only three other black physicians in that city. He had different meetings with the City Railway Company and Protestant Orphan Asylum. In 1889 he was sent to the Illinois State Board of Health and worked with Medical Standards and Hospital Rules. Daniel was considered a thoughtful and skilled surgeon. His practice grew as he treated patients of all ethnic backgrounds. He was aware of the prejudice against black patients in hospitals and the inferior treatment that was often dispensed. In 1890, .
             a black woman by the name of Emma, was refused admission to nursing schools because of her race. She approached Dr. Williams and asked him for help. This event led to the founding of Provident Hospital and Nursing Training School in 1891. The first few years were challenging for Dr. Williams but the outcome was very successful.