Add to ORKGThe first 50 years of organized professional nursing the United States were marred by racial exclusion, prejudice and segregation. From education to employment to membership in professional associations, African American nurses in North Carolina, indeed in all the states of the old Confederacy and in much of the nation, faced legal, social and professional discrimination. When the North Carolina State Nurses Association (NCSNA) was formed in 1902, membership privileges were extended only to white nurses. Although North Carolina was then home to several high-caliber nursing schools for African Americans, including Good Samaritan in Charlotte, St. Agnes in Raleigh and Lincoln in Durham, their graduates were barred from participating in the on...
Within a decade of Lina Rogers Struthers becoming the first school nurse in the United States in 190...
In this article the authors discuss the development of the North Carolina Association of Colored Gra...
Before the 1950s, professional nursing was not welcoming to men. The American Nurses Association did...
When NCNA formed in 1902, membership privileges were extended only to white nurses. Although North C...
A continuing series of articles for the Tar Heel Nurse examining the North Carolina Nurses Associati...
As part of the Board of Directors' new strategic priority, Relentless Inclusion, the North Carolina ...
This is a brief recap of nurse Mary Lewis Wyche's efforts to create and establish a statewide nursin...
The mid-twentieth century marked a critical turning point in the history of race and American nursin...
New Bern, North Carolina, can proudly claim to be the home of the first African American Registered ...
On March 3, 1903, before women in the United States had the right to vote or were allowed to hold pu...
The experiences of minority nurses in Appalachia as across the country, from 1900-1964, varied by et...
The mid-twentieth century marked a critical turning point in the history of race and American nursin...
This article traces the beginning of African Americans in the nursing profession in the state of Nor...
On the crisp fall morning of September 14, 1951, a group of 27 young, White, women arrived on the se...
The recruitment of diverse nurse faculty fosters culturally competent teaching, role modeling of cul...
Within a decade of Lina Rogers Struthers becoming the first school nurse in the United States in 190...
In this article the authors discuss the development of the North Carolina Association of Colored Gra...
Before the 1950s, professional nursing was not welcoming to men. The American Nurses Association did...
When NCNA formed in 1902, membership privileges were extended only to white nurses. Although North C...
A continuing series of articles for the Tar Heel Nurse examining the North Carolina Nurses Associati...
As part of the Board of Directors' new strategic priority, Relentless Inclusion, the North Carolina ...
This is a brief recap of nurse Mary Lewis Wyche's efforts to create and establish a statewide nursin...
The mid-twentieth century marked a critical turning point in the history of race and American nursin...
New Bern, North Carolina, can proudly claim to be the home of the first African American Registered ...
On March 3, 1903, before women in the United States had the right to vote or were allowed to hold pu...
The experiences of minority nurses in Appalachia as across the country, from 1900-1964, varied by et...
The mid-twentieth century marked a critical turning point in the history of race and American nursin...
This article traces the beginning of African Americans in the nursing profession in the state of Nor...
On the crisp fall morning of September 14, 1951, a group of 27 young, White, women arrived on the se...
The recruitment of diverse nurse faculty fosters culturally competent teaching, role modeling of cul...
Within a decade of Lina Rogers Struthers becoming the first school nurse in the United States in 190...
In this article the authors discuss the development of the North Carolina Association of Colored Gra...
Before the 1950s, professional nursing was not welcoming to men. The American Nurses Association did...