To all you beautiful and courageous nurses (which personally after having my surgeries, I believe you more than anyone are the unsung superheroes in hospitals – just saying!) Want to take a guess who was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing? Here is a clue
Mary Eliza Mahoney, (1845 – 1926) was the first African-American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879. Mahoney was one of the first African Americans to graduate from a nursing school, and she prospered in a predominantly white society. She also challenged discrimination against African Americans in nursing.
Read more about here at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Eliza_Mahoney
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