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| Keywords: angola methodist sandy bookman sandybookman ada mae bookman adamaebookman health public health publichealth nurse luanda Sandy's given name was Ada Mae Bookman. Sandy was born in 1925 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. She trained as a nurse at Grace Hospital and was in the Cadet Nursing Corps during World War II. Later she attended Pfeiffer Junior College in Misenheimer, NC, and in 1950 received a BS in Public Health from Peabody College in Nashville, TN. She next went to Scarritt College for Christian Workers, also in Nashville, and then had missionary training at Hartford Seminary Foundation in Hartford, CT, and was commissioned as a missionary in December, 1951. She then studied at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, learning Portuguese. Sandy arrived in Luanda, Angola in September 1952. After surveying the health needs of the area, she opened four clinics--maternity, well-baby, pre-school, and tuberculosis--in Luanda. While on furlough in 1956-57, she studied at John Hopkins University, taking such courses as pathology, mental hygiene, public health administration, and sanitary engineering, and received a Master of Public Health degree. In July 1961 a letter from Sandy to a supporting church in the United States told how earlier in the year the Angolans, desiring independence, had organized demonstrations in some parts of the country. Violence quickly entered the picture. The Portuguese colonial government responded with brutally harsh reprisals, and chaos spread. In the U.N. the U.S. voted against Portugal on Angola, which caused anti-American sentiment to be rampant in Luanda. One afternoon a large crowd gathered in front of the “American Mission” and completely destroyed the health center. None of the personnel was injured, but there was nothing left of Sandy's clinics. Sandy eventually traveled to and worked in the Congo, hoping to be of service to Angolan refugees there. Later Sandy was a nursing instructor at John Tyler Community College in Bracey, VA. She died on May 26, 1997, in South Hill, VA and was buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, VA. Adapted from the November 2013 newsletter of the Chester United Methodist Church, Chester, VA. Sandy's given name was Ada Mae Bookman. Sandy was born in 1925 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. She trained as a nurse at Grace Hospital and was in the Cadet Nursing Corps during World War II. Later she attended Pfeiffer Junior College in Misenheimer, NC, and in 1950 received a BS in Public Health from Peabody College in Nashville, TN. She next went to Scarritt College for Christian Workers, also in Nashville, and then had missionary training at Hartford Seminary Foundation in Hartford, CT, and was commissioned as a missionary in December, 1951. She then studied at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, learning Portuguese. Sandy arrived in Luanda, Angola in September 1952. After surveying the health needs of the area, she opened four clinics--maternity, well-baby, pre-school, and tuberculosis--in Luanda. While on furlough in 1956-57, she studied at John Hopkins University, taking such courses as pathology, mental hygiene, public health administration, and sanitary engineering, and received a Master of Public Health degree. In July 1961 a letter from Sandy to a supporting church in the United States told how earlier in the year the Angolans, desiring independence, had organized demonstrations in some parts of the country. Violence quickly entered the picture. The Portuguese colonial government responded with brutally harsh reprisals, and chaos spread. In the U.N. the U.S. voted against Portugal on Angola, which caused anti-American sentiment to be rampant in Luanda. One afternoon a large crowd gathered in front of the “American Mission” and completely destroyed the health center. None of the personnel was injured, but there was nothing left of Sandy's clinics. Sandy eventually traveled to and worked in the Congo, hoping to be of service to Angolan refugees there. Later Sandy was a nursing instructor at John Tyler Community College in Bracey, VA. She died on May 26, 1997, in South Hill, VA and was buried in Maury Cemetery, Richmond, VA. Adapted from the November 2013 newsletter of the Chester United Methodist Church, Chester, VA. | ||||
