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Mary Eliza Mahoney, First African Ameirican Nurse Graduate

Mary Eliza Mahoney, graduate of the New England hospital for Women and Children
Mary Eliza Mahoney, graduate of the New England hospital for Women and Children

Aug 1, 1879: Mary Eliza Mahoney graduates from the nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children. The first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing.

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