Flashcards: African-American nurses

Rachel Robinson (born Rachel Annetta Isum; July 19, 1922) is a former registered nurse and the widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson.

Eunice Verdell Rivers Laurie (1899-1986) was an African American nurse who worked in the state of Alabama.

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War.

Mary Lee Mills (August 1912 – February 2, 2010) was an American nurse.

Eddie Bernice Johnson (born December 3, 1935) is a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Salaria Kea O'Reilly (born 13 July 1917 in Milledgeville, Georgia – died 18 May 1990 in Akron, Ohio) was an American nurse and desegregation activist who volunteered in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.

Scales was born in Stratford, Canada.

Bettye Davis was a Democratic Party member of the Alaska Senate, representing the K District from 2000 through 2013.

Bridget "Biddy" Mason (August 15, 1818 – January 15, 1891) was an African-American nurse and a Californian real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Joyce Marie Cusack (born May 21, 1942) is an American politician.

Sean Michaels (born February 20, 1958) is an American pornographic actor and director.

Faye Wattleton (born Alyce Faye Wattleton; 8 July 1943) is the first African American, the youngest president ever elected to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the first woman since Margaret Sanger to hold the position.

Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen, born Nellie Walker (April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964), was an American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance.

Susie King Taylor (August 6, 1848 – October 6, 1912) was the first Black Army nurse.

Clara Leach Adams-Ender (born July 11, 1939) is a retired US Army officer who was Chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps from September 1987 to August 1991.

Frances Reed Elliot (1892–1965) was the first African American woman accepted into the American Red Cross Nursing Service.

Yetunde Hawanya Tara Price (August 9, 1972 – September 14, 2003) was the elder half-sister of, and personal assistant to, leading tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.

Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running news anchor and co-host of The Howard Stern Show.

Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936–2006) is the assumed name of Effie Mae Martin Howard, a widely acclaimed Richmond, California quiltmaker.

Viola Davis Brown (born April 8, 1936 in Lexington, Kentucky), became a valuable pioneer in the local civil rights movement for her accomplishments and contributions to public health and medical education in Kentucky.

Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926) was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879.

Ruth-Hassell Thompson of Mount Vernon, New York was a State Senator representing the 36th district of New York, which includes the Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Williamsbridge, Co-op City, Wakefield and Baychester and the Westchester city of Mount Vernon.