I am a retired RN and Mary Mahoney and so many more, paved the way for me and other Black women and men in the field of nursing. I never heard about Dr. Crumpler and learned something new👍🏽. I appreciate your bringing such important people to light for folks to learn about. There is so much history to learn about. ❤️😎
My late mother's first career was as a nurse. She graduated from the historic Homer G. Phillips in St. Louis in the late 1940s. She met my father there in the biology lab at St. Louis University. They moved to Detroit in 1949 after they married because the Detroit Health Department was hiring "colored people," and that's where my father got a job when he couldn't get one in St. Louis because of racism.
When she was home in 1957 after one of my sisters was born, the Detroit Public Schools came to her and BEGGED her to teach science because of her science and medical knowledge. Sputnik had just gone up, and the US realized the acute shortage of science and math teachers.
So, for three years, she was technically a student teacher while she went back to school to get a Bachelor's in Education in 1960, pregnant with my youngest sister, and working full-time with three young daughters.
With respect, I believe this photo is of the first Black nurse, Mary Mahoney.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for catching my regrettable error. When I researched further, I found out that there are no pictures of Dr. Crumpler in existence.
So, I made an AI one.
I also get upset when people use the picture of Lewis Latimer for other Black male inventors or scientists!
I STAND CORRECTED!
I am a retired RN and Mary Mahoney and so many more, paved the way for me and other Black women and men in the field of nursing. I never heard about Dr. Crumpler and learned something new👍🏽. I appreciate your bringing such important people to light for folks to learn about. There is so much history to learn about. ❤️😎
You are quite welcome. I will put Mary Mahoney on my list for a future article. Please share my Substack with others.
I most certainly will. 💫👏🏾
My late mother's first career was as a nurse. She graduated from the historic Homer G. Phillips in St. Louis in the late 1940s. She met my father there in the biology lab at St. Louis University. They moved to Detroit in 1949 after they married because the Detroit Health Department was hiring "colored people," and that's where my father got a job when he couldn't get one in St. Louis because of racism.
When she was home in 1957 after one of my sisters was born, the Detroit Public Schools came to her and BEGGED her to teach science because of her science and medical knowledge. Sputnik had just gone up, and the US realized the acute shortage of science and math teachers.
So, for three years, she was technically a student teacher while she went back to school to get a Bachelor's in Education in 1960, pregnant with my youngest sister, and working full-time with three young daughters.
Black women get things done!