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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.
[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]
Margaret Taylor grew up in Arlington when the city’s schools were still segregated. She traveled 13 miles daily by bus to attend I.M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth.
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]
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]
The African American Film Critics Association has joined forces with Delta Air Lines to celebrate Black History Month. The organization, which spotlights movies about the Black experience, worked ...
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.