From about 2,400 in 1910, the number of African American women in nursing had ... he opened Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses on May 4, 1891, the country's first interracial ...

In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

Barriers to quality healthcare and patient education are resonating themes throughout the African-American female population, and it is crucial that advanced practice nurses (APNs) provide these ...