Mary Eliza Mahoney: The First African American Qualified Nurse
For Black History Month, get to know Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first professionally qualified black nurse in 1879.
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Tribute to Nurse Anna Mae Hays: First Female General in the US Army
Anna May Hays started her career in the US Army as a frontline nurse in WWII. She is the first female general in the US army. As a forward-looking leader, she steered the ANC through an era of rapid modernization and used her influence to improve service conditions for all women in the armed forces.