Mary Mahoney, RN: Nurse Leader and Pioneer of Equality

NurseTogether.Com By: Shantelle Coe In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to focus on pioneer Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926). She is the first black woman to study and work as a professionally-trained nurse in the United States. Mary Mahoney worked for 15 years as a maid, washerwoman, janitor,