Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses. She was born in Boston, on May 7, 1845, the oldest of three children.

Gertrude Theresa Hodges, the first African American Johns Hopkins School of ... “She knew she was destined to become a nurse — she was named after two aunts who were nurses,” her daughter ...

In honor of those who served their fellow injured or ill soldiers with compassion and courage while providing medical care, ...