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My drawing for The Boston Globe’s Ideas section last month.

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A Pioneering Nurse - Mary Eliza Mahoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney was a pioneering nurse and the first African American woman to earn a nursing license in the United States. Born on May 7, 1845, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Mahoney broke through racial and gender barriers to become a trailblazer in the nursing profession.

Mahoney grew up in a time when nursing was considered a low-status profession, and women of color were largely excluded from formal education. In 1879, she graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses, becoming the first African American woman to earn a nursing license.

In 1908, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) was founded to support and advocate for black nurses across the country.

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Day 13 of 365 Days of Black History...

On this day during Black History Month, we honor Mary Eliza Mahoney, noted for becoming the first African American licensed nurse.

Born in 1845 to freed slaves, Mahoney learned about equality from an early age, the National Women's History Museum reports. In 1878, at 33, Mahoney was admitted to an intensive professional graduate school for nursing. Of the 42 students that entered the program in 1878, only four completed it in 1879, confirms the museum. She then served more than 40 years in the profession and cheered on women's rights. Glad to recognize this trailblazer who cared for so many. 🌟 #blackgirlmagic (📸: The New York Public Library)

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Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 - January 4, 1926) first African American graduate nurse, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Originally from North Carolina, her parents were among the southern free African Americans who moved north before the Civil War seeking a less racially discriminatory environment. The eldest of three siblings, she attended the Phillips Street School in Boston.

At the age of 20, she began working as a nurse. Supplementing her low income as an untrained practical nurse, she took on janitorial duties at the New England Hospital for Women and Children.

On March 3, 1878, she was accepted into New England Hospital’s graduate nursing program. She participated in mandatory 16-hour-per-day ward duty, where she oversaw the well-being of six patients at a time. Days not requiring ward duty involved attending day-long lectures while devoting time to her studies. Completing the rigorous 16-month program on August 1, 1879, she was among the three graduates out of the 40 students who began the program and the only African American awarded a diploma.

During her 40-year career, she attracted several private clients who were among the most prominent Boston families. A deeply religious person, devoted herself to private nursing due to the rampant discrimination against African American women in public nursing at the time.

She was recognized within her field as a pioneer who opened the door of opportunity for many African American women interested in the nursing profession. When the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses was organized in New York in 1908, she was asked to give the welcoming address. She was made a lifetime member, exempted from dues, and elected chaplain.

Numerous honors were posthumously given to her, including the Mary Mahoney Medal, an award offered annually that signifies excellence in nursing. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Black History Legacy: Mary Eliza Mahoney, The First Black Nurse

Essence's Breanna Edwards profiles Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first #AfricanAmerican licensed nurse in 1879, director of a Black orphanage in 1911, and a lifelong champion of women's rights, diversity, and inclusion.

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The Adventures of David Dashiki-Story of an African American Hero-Year of the Blackman 2024... Our Black Woman

We must canonize our own saints, create our own martyrs and elevate to positions of fame and honor Black Men and Women who have made their distinct contributions to our race history - Marcus Garvey

We have been stripped of culture, heritage, religion and language. We have been abandoned and left without models of conduct and behavior. We err frequently but, there is no malice in us. We are human in a land that has destroyed our roots and connections to a past rich in academics and discipline. We do know this. That we must change to survive. We must treat all Black men as our brothers. None should suffer savagery, brutality, fear and abuse by our hands. Certainly, if one brother is abused, we all must bear the pain and assist in the resolution of the issues in question. We must, from this day forward , unite with our brothers. We are one. We will always be one. America has taught us so. Our plan for freedom includes every Black Man on this planet.

We will never again speak negatively about a brother. We shall expect proper respect and decorum from all our brothers. Should a Black brother have a quarrel, it will be solved in an orderly and peaceful manner according to the teachings of our forefathers and the scriptures, writings and revelations of our heroes, parents and teachers. Our children will conduct themselves as youth of dignity, honor, worth and decorum. They will never disrespect an adult especially those in authority. This mandate applies particularly to our children when they are engaged in educational activities and pursuits. Should the matter not be solved to the satisfaction of the teacher, it will be taken to a higher ranking official. This will continue until the concern is corrected. We, as Black Men, have to handle affairs with adults with the utmost respect. They are the carriers of the culture and instructors in their education. Let me stand firm and speak on a matter of grave concern to me and should be unsettling to all of us. Garvey said that we must canonize our own saints There has been at times, incidences of poor discipline towards our Black female teachers. This is halted today. No woman who is struggling with the education of our young adults should ever feel unwanted, humiliated or frustrated in that effort, especially, when America has purposely permitted our children to act disrespectfully toward them without demanding excellence, adoration, esteem and courtesy to their teaching elders. This, we know is the plan of America for our children that they expect nothing of themselves and disrespect those who can teach them and provide direction. However, it is when the children attempt to assume the role as teacher is when we, The Real Black Men of America, draw a line in the sand. These are our queens. They endured the most inhumane acts of cruelty during slavery. They sacrificed, bled and died for us. They were left with no sense of self because they had to surrender it all to the slave master. Don't ever forget that. You are here because they gave their life, and body and soul that YOU might have better. They are to be treated as royalty for what they have endured in this land to save and educate all of us. You, students ,must read about the Great Sacrifices. These are not just women. They are saints. Never, and I mean, never disrespect them. To do so is to sin. What you must do, Black Youth, is to greet them wherever you meet them. Tell them they are beautiful .Tell they do not need long fingernails or store bought hair. We, the Black young folks, love you as you are. Those false so-called enhancements only enrich the kingdoms and coffers of others. You enrich our lives by being the Black Queen that you are.

Rosa Parks, Shirley Chisholm, Coretta Scott King, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marve Collins, Ida B. Wells, Bessie Coleman, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mary Eliza Mahoney, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Fannie Barrier, Edmonia Lewis, Mary Church Terrell, Barbara Jordan, Lorraine Hansberry, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Constance Baker Motley, Claudette Colvin, Barbara Smith, Tarana Burke, Ruby Bridges, Lyda Newman, Bell Hooks, Mae Jemison...The list of beauty, grace, intellect and courage is even longer. These Black Queens did not run from danger when it appeared. They stood valiantly and met it head on. There are women exactly like them in your home. in the hospital, in the classroom and in the church. Do not take them for granted. Honor them. They are our Queens. IF WE DO NOT HONOR THEM, NO ONE WILL. RESPECT OUR PEOPLE. WHEN WE HONOR THEM, GOD WILL BLESS THE WORK...AMEN!!!

BLACK QUEEN, SHINE ON !!!!!

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yoloer420 posted:

I'd like to request a self care fairy.

Used historical nurse Mary Eliza Mahoney for some ideas about the Self-Care Fairy.

The Self-Care Fairy has been incredibly busy lately, what with the forces of evil working extremely hard to basically ruin everything for everyone that isn't them or their sycophants. Thankfully the Internet allows her to post information about self-care so people have techniques to help themselves when she can't get to them.

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We've finished transcribing our Ward 13 Women's Voter Registers from 1920 and have added them into an easily accessible, searchable, and sortable dataset.

In August 1920, the month that Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment, the women of Boston began registering to vote. Women voted by the thousands to register, and on October 13, 1920, the last day to register before the 1920 presidential election, over 50,000 women had registered.

The 1920 Women's Voter Registers now live at the Boston City Archives and document women's names, addresses, places of birth and occupations. Sometimes women provided additional information about their naturalization process to become a US citizen, including where their husbands were born because in 1920, a woman's citizenship status was tied to her husband's nationality.

The Mary Eliza Project, named after African American Civil War nurse, civil rights activist, and Boston voter Mary Eliza Mahoney,  is transcribing these valuable handwritten records into an easily searchable and sortable dataset.

We found African American voters who moved to Boston from southeastern United States; naturalized voters who immigrated to Boston from Ireland, Canada, Turkey, Russia, Norway and the British West Indies; and voters born in Boston and the New England area.

There is much more to explore in our dataset. Take a look and let us know what you find!

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I Can’t Have No Mediocre Friends Because Black History Said So

Despite being the first Black woman to graduate from law school in the United States (in 1872) and possessing exceptional legal skills and knowledge, Charlotte E. Ray was unable to secure employment as a lawyer or establish her own private practice simply because SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN THE 1800s .

Despite having exceptional and widely regarded literary skills--even after being stolen from Africa as a child, transported to Boston and sold into slavery--Phillis Wheatley was unable to secure financial success as a poet, simply because SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN THE 1700s.

Despite having undeniable talent as an artist, Augusta Savage was unable to truly capitalize off her sculpting skills and was forced to endure incessant racism and poverty simply because SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN THE 1920s.

Despite her personal aspirations and reputation as a gifted healer, Mary Eliza Mahoney had to cook and scrub floors in a hospital for 15 years before she was granted admittance into its nursing program (after which she would eventually be inducted into the American Nurses Association Nurses Hall of Fame), simply because SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN THE 1800s.

Despite being the first African American and the first woman to graduate with a Master of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Hawaii, and having developed a treatment for leprosy, Alice Ball did not receive credit (posthumously!) for her discovery of the use of oil from the chaulmoogra tree as the leading leprosy treatment until the 1970s simply because SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN THE EARLY 1900s. (Up until that point, her white program director had assumed credit for Alice’s work.)

Despite having been born prematurely, afflicted with polio as a child and told at age 4 that she would never walk again, Wilma Rudolph became an Olympic sprinter and set the record for being the first American woman to win THREE gold metals in a single Olympics. THIS, WHILE LIVING AS A BLACK WOMAN DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s.

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Despite the current state of our struggle for Black liberation, the opportunities afforded to us today are IMMENSE compared to what was available to our predecessors. In 2020, you either LIVE for greatness--or you DIE for nothing.

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#WCW Mary Eliza Mahoney

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Mary Eliza Mahoney, 1845-1926 The daughter of former slaves who moved to Boston, she attended one of the first integrated schools in the country.  Mahoney had always wanted to be a nurse since her teenage years. She worked as a janitor, washerwoman, cook, and nurse’s aide at the New England Hospital for Women and Children until she was finally accepted into the nursing program in 1878 at 33 years old. The formal nursing training, one of the first in the nation, was a 16-month intensive program. Of the 42 women who started, only 4 completed it, including Mary Mahoney.  This made her the first African-American registered nurse in the country. Mahoney choose to work as a private nurse for wealthier families because of the discrimination she faced at public hospitals. Facing more discrimination from nursing organizations, she co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) in 1908. She later became director of director of the Howard Orphanage Asylum for African-American children.  Ever the pioneer for equality, she is among the first women who registered to vote in Boston after passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Mary Eliza Mahoney

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Day 3! America's first black professional nurse, Mary Eliza Mahoney is known not only for her outstanding personal career, but also for her exemplary contributions to local and national professional organizations. Mahoney inspired both nurses and patients with her calm, quiet efficiency and untiring compassion. She graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses in 1879. She was one of only three persons in her class to complete the rigorous 16 month program. In 1909, Mahoney gave the welcome address at the first conference of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN). In recognition of her outstanding example to nurses of all races, NACGN established the Mary Mahoney Award in 1936.

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Day 13 of 365 Days of Black History...

On this day during Black History Month, we honor Mary Eliza Mahoney, noted for becoming the first African American licensed nurse.

Born in 1845 to freed slaves, Mahoney learned about equality from an early age, the National Women's History Museum reports. In 1878, at 33, Mahoney was admitted to an intensive professional graduate school for nursing. Of the 42 students that entered the program in 1878, only four completed it in 1879, confirms the museum. She then served more than 40 years in the profession and cheered on women's rights. Glad to recognize this trailblazer who cared for so many. 🌟 #blackgirlmagic (📸: The New York Public Library)

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Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) was the first African-American professional nurse in the United States. She graduated from the nursing school of the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879, challenging discrimination on account of both gender and race.

After graduation, she worked as a private nurse for mostly white families. In 1896 she became one of the original members of the American Nurses Association. However, since it discriminated against black nurses, she formed her own: the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses.

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Mary Eliza Mahoney  (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926)

America's first black professional nurse, Mary Eliza Mahoney is known not only for her outstanding personal career, but also for her exemplary contributions to local and national professional organizations.

Artist  Larry Johnson