Mary Mahoney: The First African-American Nurse Graduate

Life in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1900s was very difficult and difficult. The car began to appear on a muddy road, telephone service began to enter a few fortunate families, and the bulk of the population still had no running water and no electricity. Education is usually targeted to white children, because African-American schools have few books, teacher's income is small, and the school building is collapsed. African Americans are no longer slaves, but they are still considered secondary citizens and fight for equality.

Supporters of the most famous and influential nurses in American history are the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton, Mary Elisa Mahoney, the first woman to become a registered nurse, and Faye Wattleton is the first to become . Family planning chairman of African American and women

Mary Mahoney was 33 years old and was admitted to a New England women's and child's hospital care program. The program lasts 16 months, including lectures and actual patient care. Of the 42 students who participated in the program, only 4 people graduated, Mary Mahoney is one of the four graduates. She received her nursing certificate on August 1, 1879 and became the first African American who received a professional nurse license for the first time in history. Mary is known for his efforts to improve the status of African-American nurses and promote intercultural relations. Mary became co - founder of the national color graduate school nurse association in 1908. Mary Mahoney helped open the door to opportunities for African-American nurses.

As a nurse, Mahoney was impressed by all families who knew her. In her life, Mahone struggled for equality. She was elected a pastor of the National Color Institute of Graduate School Nurses Association, and in 1911 he helped nurses adopt and led the Howard orphan shelter. When the 19th amendment was approved in 1920, Mahoney was one of the first women registered for voting. Dorothy Dicks was an excellent nurse and mental health worker before, during and after the Civil War. In 1840, Dix began researching the treatment of psychiatric patients in Massachusetts, discovered abusive behavior, submitted a report to the Legislature, and submitted a bill to expand state mental hospitals. She made similar investigations in New Jersey, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Illinois, North Carolina, and many other places.

Rhetaugh Graves Dumas is a pioneering and dynamic leader in the field of nursing. She graduated from Dillard College of Nursing in 1951. She was the first African-American woman and was the first nurse officially elected as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Mental Health. Rhetaugh received MSN from Yale University and was the first nurse to conduct a randomized experimental design study on clinical care issues. She is deputy dean of health problems at Michigan University and a professor of nursing at Lucille Cole. In 1997, she was appointed Dean of the University of Michigan and Vice President of Emerita. She is a founding member of American College of Nursing, a former chairman and writes an influential research paper "The Influence of Nursing for Postoperative Vomiting." She also wrote "Leading Black Women's Leaders" quoted frequently in 1980.