C.C. Pierce

C.C. Pierce was a public health official in the early 20th century who played a significant role in the implementation of sanitary measures aimed at controlling the spread of typhus along the U.S.-Mexico border. He advocated for the establishment of disinfection centers where Mexican migrants were subjected to chemical baths as a method to prevent disease transmission, reflecting the era's public health policies that often disproportionately impacted marginalized communities.