Nurse

Nursing

Mary Eliza Mahoney

(May 7, 1845 – January 4, 192)

American

 Mary Mahoney became the first black woman to complete nurse’s training in 1879. She was co-founders of the
National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) in 1908.
[Wikipedia]

 

Mary Eliza Mahoney

[Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons]


– – – Books – – –

Darraj, Susan Muaddi. 2004. Mary Eliza Mahoney and the Legacy of African-American Nurses. New York: Infobase Pub. 

Davis, Althea. 1999. Early Black American Leaders in Nursing: Architects for Integration and Equality. Boston: Jones and Bartlett.

Kaufman, Polly Welts. 2006. Boston Women’s Heritage Trail: Seven Self-Guided Walking Tours Through Four Centuries of Boston Women’s History. Boston, Mass: Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.


– – – Websites – – –

Hurst, Ryan. “Mary Eliza Mahoney,: Blackpast.org

Mary Mahoney Biography – bio.com 

Nursing Stories: Mary Eliza Mahoney – Simmons [Nursing@Simmons], November 5, 2013.

Mary Eliza Mahoney – Wikipedia


– – – Videos – – –

Black History Month – Mary Eliza Mahoney [Min: 1:07]

Denyce Watties-Daniels telling the story of Mary Mahoney [Min: 5:35]

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