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Mary Mahoney

American nurse
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Mary Mahoney (born May 7, 1845, Dorchester, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 4, 1926, Boston, Mass.) was an American nurse, the first African-American woman to complete the course of professional study in nursing. Mahoney apparently worked as a maid at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston before being admitted to its nursing school in 1878. She received her diploma in 1879, becoming the first black woman to complete nurse’s training. At the time...

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