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Environmental Health , Nursing , Anniversaries and Special Events , Earth, Planet , Humans , LeadershipSubject(s)
Clinical Competence/standards , Guidelines as Topic , Nurse Clinicians/standards , Nurse's Role , Patient Advocacy/standards , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , United StatesABSTRACT
: The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees women the right to vote. Its ratification in 1920 represented the culmination of a decades-long fight in which thousands of women and men marched, picketed, lobbied, and gave speeches in support of women's suffrage. This article provides a closer look at the lives of four nurse suffragists-Lavinia Lloyd Dock, Mary Bartlett Dixon, Sarah Tarleton Colvin, and Hattie Frances Kruger-who were arrested for their involvement in the women's suffrage movement.
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History of Nursing , Nursing Staff/history , Politics , Women's Rights/history , Female , History, 20th Century , HumansABSTRACT
More than a decade before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as an African American teenager from Baltimore, Maryland, Esther McCready challenged the discriminatory admissions policies of the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON). The article explores nurse advocacy and how Esther McCready advocated for herself and greater racial equity in nursing education during a time of civil rights turmoil. Her actions eventually resulted in the formation of numerous schools of nursing for African Americans across the south. This article recounts McCready's early life experiences and the powerful impact her actions had on creating educational options for nurses during a time when they were severely limited for African American women, including discussion of her student days at UMSON and her journey after nursing school. A review of pertinent legal cases and policies related to segregation and integration of higher education in the mid-twentieth century is presented, along with details of McCready's continued education and advocacy.
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Six brave, committed health care workers who joined the struggle for racial equality.
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Black People , Civil Rights/history , Nursing Staff , Female , History, 20th Century , HumansABSTRACT
The North Carolina Nursing History (NCNH) website, a comprehensive, award-winning, and rich educational resource, was developed by nursing and library faculty and staff at Appalachian State University and is being used by nursing faculty and students. Most of today's students prefer to learn with online tools. The advantages of using a digital nursing history website include access to an abundance and diversity of historical content in a student-friendly format.
