Papers. 1930-1977.

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Papers. 1930-1977.

Founder of Booker T. Washington Sanitorium in Harlem, organizer of Harlem Tuberculosis and Health Association, first executive secretary of National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (1934-1946), leader in racial integration of American Nurses Association.

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Smith, Lillian Eugenia, 1897-1966

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"Lillian Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. From as early as the 1930s, she argued that Jim Crow was evil ("Segregation is spiritual lynching," she said) and that it leads to social moral retardation."--"Lillian Smith (1897-1966)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. From the descri...

Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977

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Frances Payne Bingham Bolton (March 29, 1885 – March 9, 1977) was a Republican politician from Ohio. She served in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio. In the late 1930s Bolton took an isolationist position on foreign policy, opposing the Selective Service Act (the draft) in 1940, and opposing Lend-Lease in 1941. During the war she called for desegregation of the military nursing units, which were all-white and all-female. In 1947 she...

White, Walter F. (Walter Francis), 1893-1955

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Johnson, Grace, 1932-

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National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses

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Organized in 1908 to achieve higher professional standards, end discriminatory practices against black nurses, and develop leadership among black nurses. Dissolved in 1951. From the description of National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records, 1908-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122686937 Founded in 1908; disbanded in 1951. From the description of National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records, 1908-1951 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Staupers, Mabel Keaton, 1890-1989

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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 ...

La Farge, John, 1880-1963

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La Farge was a Jesuit priest. From the description of Papers of John La Farge [manuscript], 1938-1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647836098 Jesuit priest and author of works on race relations and religion; son of American artist John La Farge (1835-1910). From the description of John La Farge papers, 1899-1952. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780451 ...

American nurses' association

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Professional nursing organization founded in 1886; represents all American registered nurses. From the description of American Nurses Association collection, 1897-1997. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968889 ...