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Pages in category "African-American nurses" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Diane Lindsay who served in the Army Nurse Corps became the first African American nurse to earn the Soldier's Medal for Heroism. [41] Ruth Smith Lloyd was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in anatomy. [115] Myra Adele Logan in 1943 was the first woman to perform open-heart surgery. [116] M
Adah Belle Samuels Thoms (1870-1943), pioneering African-American rights activist, who fought for African-American nurses to be permitted to serve in the U.S. armed forces. Violetta Thurstan (1879-1978), nurse in WWI, decorated for bravery. Robert Tiffany (1942–1993) President of European Oncology Nursing Society
Thoms established a national jobs registry to help black nurses find employment and established the association's first headquarters. [3] During World War I, Thoms campaigned for the American Red Cross to admit African American nurses. This was important because the American Red Cross was the only avenue into the United States Army Nurse Corps.
It includes African-American nurses that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American women nurses" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Nancy Leftenant-Colon (September 29, 1920 – January 8, 2025) became the first African American in the regular United States Army Nurse Corps in March 1948 after it was desegregated. [ 1 ] Life and career
The 25th Station Hospital was the first United States Army medical unit of African American service members to deploy overseas during World War II. [1] These nurses from the Army Nurse Corps were sent to Liberia in March 1943. [1] [2] There were 30 nurses in the unit and they were there to support United States troops on airfields and rubber ...
The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) was founded in 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio. It was incorporated on September 2, 1972. [ 1 ] The organization is dedicated to promoting African American women in the profession of nursing .