Coloradoencyclopedia.org

Healthcare Colorado Encyclopedia

WebThe Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP) is Colorado’s original and largest public psychiatric institution. It has a long and complicated history of housing and …

Actived: Just Now

URL: https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/things/healthcare

The Life of Florence Sabin (New York: Twenty-First Century Books

WebOne of the preeminent medical and scientific minds of the early twentieth century, Dr. Florence Rena Sabin (1871–1953) was a public servant devoted to improving public health.

Category:  Medical Go Health

Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP)

WebThe Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP) is Colorado’s original and largest public psychiatric institution. It has a long and complicated history of housing and …

Category:  Health Go Health

Cache la Poudre River Colorado Encyclopedia

WebThe Cache la Poudre River flows east from the Continental Divide in the northern Front Range of Colorado, originating in the high alpine tundra at Poudre Lake near Milner …

Category:  Health Go Health

Notable Women Colorado Encyclopedia

WebAgnes Wright Spring (1894­–1988) was the first Wyoming state historian (1918–19) and the first female Colorado state historian (1950­–51 and 1954–63), making her the only person …

Category:  Health Go Health

History Colorado (Colorado Historical Society)

WebHistory Colorado (HC) was founded in 1879 by the state legislature as the State Historical and Natural History Society. Later known as the Colorado Historical Society, it assumed …

Category:  Health Go Health

Sarah Platt Decker Colorado Encyclopedia

WebSarah Platt Decker was an American suffragist in Denver who played a critical role in Colorado women gaining the vote in 1893. She founded the Woman's Club of Denver …

Category:  Health Go Health

Fitzsimons General Hospital Colorado Encyclopedia

WebFitzsimons General Hospital, 1920. In 1918 Fitzsimons General Hospital was established east of Denver to treat soldiers infected with tuberculosis during World War I. Soon it …

Category:  Health Go Health

AIDS in Colorado Colorado Encyclopedia

WebHIV/AIDS represents one of the greatest public health crises of the latter half of the twentieth century and the first half of the twenty-first century. The disease affects …

Category:  Health Go Health

Diana DeGette Colorado Encyclopedia

WebDiana DeGette (1957– ) is a lawyer and politician who has represented Colorado’s First Congressional District—the city of Denver—in the US House of Representatives since …

Category:  Health Go Health

Bison Colorado Encyclopedia

WebThe American Plains Bison (Bison bison) are large mammals in the Bovidae family, recognizable for their large head, shaggy coats, pronounced hump, and close …

Category:  Health Go Health

Eugenics in Colorado Colorado Encyclopedia

WebMike Anton, “Colorado’s Dark Secret State Mental Hospital Sterilized Patients for More than 30 Years,” Rocky Mountain News, November 21, 1999. Gail M. Beaton, Colorado …

Category:  Health Go Health

Sunflowers Colorado Encyclopedia

WebSunflowers, several species of which are native to Colorado, are grown as ornamental garden plants, for their edible seeds, and as commercial crops for confection seeds and …

Category:  Health Go Health

William Jackson Palmer Colorado Encyclopedia

WebWilliam Jackson Palmer (1836–1909) was a military general, railroad tycoon, and founder of Colorado Springs. Though a Quaker from Delaware, Palmer fought for the Union Army …

Category:  Health Go Health

United Mine Workers of America Colorado Encyclopedia

WebThe United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) formed in 1890 to fight for better pay and working conditions for the nation’s coal miners. In Colorado the union was most active in …

Category:  Health Go Health

South Platte Flood of 1965 Colorado Encyclopedia

WebThe South Platte River flood of June 16, 1965 was one of the worst natural disasters in Denver’s history. It was part of a statewide flooding event that claimed a total of twenty …

Category:  Health Go Health

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Colorado Encyclopedia

WebSaint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917) was an Italian Catholic nun who came to the United States in 1889 as a missionary tasked with ministering to the country’s growing …

Category:  Health Go Health

Uranium Mining Colorado Encyclopedia

WebUranium mining in Colorado dates to the late nineteenth century, when uranium resources were discovered in the southwestern part of the state. The region’s Uravan Mineral Belt …

Category:  Health Go Health