Staupers, Mabel Keaton, 1890-1989

African American nurse, of New York, N.Y.; d. 1989.

From the description of Mabel Keaton Staupers papers, 1943-1983 (bulk 1951-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70949667

Registered nurse; executive secretary and president of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses.

From the description of Mabel Keaton Staupers papers, 1937-1970. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 741796119

• 1890: Mabel Eloise Doyle born, Barbados, Bristish West Indies.
• 1903: Came to New York.
• 1917: Graduated with honors, from the Training School for Nurses, Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C. Married Dr. James Max Keaton (marriage ended in divorce).
• 1920: Established the Booker T. Washington Sanitorium, New York City. Director of Nurses at Mudget Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. Resident nurse at Home of St. Michael and All Angels, Philadelphia, Pa. Appointed as Medical Social Worker in the Chest Clinic of Jefferson Medical College Hospital - Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1922: Organized and was the first Executive Secretary of the Harlem Committee for the New York Tuberculosis and Health Association.
• 1931: Married Mr. Fritz C. Staupers.
• 1934 - 1946 : First Executive Secretary of The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, Inc.
• 1949 - 1951 : President of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, Inc.
• 1951: Received the Spingarn Award for integrating American Negro Nurses into American Nursing Association.
• 1965: Received Medgar W. Evers Human Rights Award, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C. - June 19, 1965.
• 1967: Received certificate of appreciation from New York City - Hotel Plaza.
• 1970: Received Howard University Alumni Award at Charter Day Anniversary-Dinner - March 2, 1970.
• November 29, 1989: Died.

From the guide to the Mabel Keaton Staupers Collection, 1937-1970, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)