Kee, Salaria, 1917-1990

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Birth 1917-07-13
Death 1990-05-18
Americans

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Salaria Kea O'Reilly (b. July 13 1917, Milledgeville, GA–d. May 18, 1990, Akron, OH) was an American nurse and desegregation activist who volunteered in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. During the Spanish Civil War she was the only African American nurse working in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion.

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  • Nurses

Places:

  • Milledgeville, GA, US
  • Akron, OH, US

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