Black nurses’ contributions to healthcare and to society as a whole have often been undervalued and hidden. As a result, many ...

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She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of a total of 50,000 — a result of government caps that kept thousands more Black women from serving. Mrs. Leftenant-Colon ...

Leftenant-Colon and the other Black nurses were not wanted at the hospital ... personnel who had served with distinction during the war. Maj. Leftenant-Colon was a first lieutenant at the ...

Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...

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In the U.S., there are 65,000 certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) working. In Canada, nurses haven't been able to provide anesthesia since the Second World War ended, says Valerie ...

Born in Toronto in 1837, he was the first Black ... War Dr. Alexander Augusta, who trained in Canada in the 1850s — to Washington in 1863 to serve as a surgeon in the U.S. army. During her ...

Leftenant-Colon became the first Black woman to be admitted to the Army Nurse ... nurse during the Korean and Vietnam wars, evacuating wounded soldiers and working in makeshift wards in war ...

Nurses seated in the distance with Australian officers awarding ... George Aspinall from enlistment, his time as a Prisoner of War (POW) during the Second World War to his return to Singapore and ...