From the Feb. 7, 2021, Chicago Tribune "Leading the way." Stories of Blacks who overcame to succeed.
MARY ELIZA MAHONEY (1845-1926)
Was the first Black to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. She graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses in 1879.
She was one of only three people in her class to complete the sixteen-month program.
In 1908, she co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, which in 1951 merged with the American Nurses Association.
--Cooter
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