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One notable incident was when the local hospital would not treat a black woman who had gone into premature labor. Leftenant-Colon and a flight surgeon managed the delivery of the 3 pound weight premature baby at the air base and the child survived. [2] In 1952, Leftenant-Colon became a flight nurse in the US Air Force.
Ruth Carol Taylor (December 27, 1931 – May 12, 2023) was the first African-American flight attendant in the United States. [1] Her first flight was aboard a Mohawk Airlines flight from Ithaca to New York City in 1958. [2]
This was the first time that a first Air National Guard nurse had been sole charge of a clinic. [2] In 1987 she was promoted to major general in the US National Guard. She was the first African American woman to achieve that rank. [1] In 2001 she retired but decided to take a new role championing the rights of veterans. [3]
[3] [5] Dean was the first African-American flight nurse in the United States Air Force. [6] The organization was formed to utilize the skill sets of women in the U.S. to help with moral and social issues, especially those affecting the youth. [7] [5] The organization was incorporated in 1964 and held its first national convention in 1969. [3]
Patricia Noisette Banks Edmiston (born April 27, 1937) [1] is an American who was one of the first Black flight attendants. [2] She combated discriminatory practices in the United States by initiating a legal action against Capital Airlines (merged into United Airlines in 1961) via the New York State Commission Against Discrimination.
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) [1] [2] was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps. [3]
Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg (born Jane Nettie Harmon) [1] (March 24, 1907 — April 11, 1993) was an American amateur aviator. [2] In 1942, she was the first African-American woman to hold a commercial pilot license. [3] [4] She is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. [5]
Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926) was the first African-American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States.In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing.