A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend.
High school seniors in New England from historically underserved populations can apply for the Mary Eliza Mahoney Scholarship if they are members of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association ...
It was early in her nursing career at the Clinton Infirmary where she broke the color line — became the first black registered nurse to be hired in East Feliciana Parish, she said. It was 1975 ...
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...
Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has... Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon became the first African-American woman to serve in the desegregated Regular Army Nurse Corps. (CAF RISE ABOVE) Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps, Has Died The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died.
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegrated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...