St. Louis’ Cori Bush sponsors resolution lauding first Black nurse in US
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 27, 2023
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To honor the country’s first Black nurse during National Nurses Month, U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, sponsored a resolution recognizing Mary Eliza Mahoney.
Mahoney, born to former slaves in 1845, graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879, after working at the hospital for more than 15 years as a janitor, cook and laborer.
Mary Eliza Mahoney, first licensed Black nurse in U . . .
