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Cover of the book Black AngelsNursing Book ClubThe Black Angels by Maria SmiliosThe Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure TuberculosisIn 2015, Maria Smilios was a biomedical editor at Springer Publishing when she stumbled upon the statement, “The cure for tuberculosis was found at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island.”...
Two old photos of novelist and chief nurse Nella LarsenProfiles In NursingNella Larsen Imes (1891–1964)Nurse administrator and novelist of the Harlem RenaissanceNow considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City. The 1918 Flu...
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson speaking into microphoneNursing & Healthcare NewsFarewell to Rep. Eddie Bernice JohnsonLooking back at the groundbreaking career of the first RN in CongressOn Jan. 3, 2023, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, RN, BSN, MPA (D-Texas-30), the first registered nurse elected to the House of Representatives, retired after 15 consecutive terms in Congress....
Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Susie Baker King Taylor in three separate photosFeature250 Years of Black Nursing HistoryThe legacy of nurses who changed the nationDespite centuries of slavery, segregation, systemic inequality, and prejudice — including being denied entry into nursing schools and organizations — Black nurses have made noteworthy...
A sepia toned photo of Mary Seacole wearing a dress and sitting on a chair, looking downProfiles In NursingMary Seacole (1805–1881), Crimean War MemoiristHer bestselling book inspired the British public and Royal FamilyA multiracial lay nurse and businesswoman from Kingston, Jamaica, Mary Seacole created a life for herself that defied the stereotypes of her time and built a memorable legacy on both sides of...

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Illustration of a woman helping a patient in bed on the left and then two people talking in a bedroom on the rightProfiles In NursingAnn Bradford Stokes (1830–1903), From Civil War “Contraband” to U.S. Navy PensionerAfter escaping the plantation where she was enslaved, Stokes boarded a Union hospital ship and volunteered to become a Navy nurse.After escaping the plantation where she was enslaved, Ann Bradford Stokes boarded a Union hospital ship and volunteered to become a Navy nurse. Later, she became the first woman in U.S. Navy...
Mary Mahoney on the left in a dress and cap. On the right, a picture of a large houseProfiles In NursingMary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926), America’s First Professionally Trained Black NurseThe daughter of enslaved people, Mahoney distinguished herself as a nurseThis Boston-born nurse was a true pioneer: The first Black woman in the U.S. ever to earn a professional nursing degree. A Country Torn by Slavery When Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in 1845,...