Equality For Black Nurses Essay

Although nurses endured many hardships for several years, they were able to achieve equality in nursing. “In 1908, the New York City department of health opened its doors to the Negro nurse” (Jones 123). This was the first apparent event that took place that was a step towards equality for black nurses. New York City is one of the largest city in the country, which created recognition for black nurses. Other parts of the country made these changes in their health departments in 1908.
Along with WW1 creating many opportunities for black nurses, “the Influenza Epidemic also created many opportunities for Negros to demonstrate that they could meet the demands for service” (Staupers 141). During these events, nurses were in need of help and black nurses were accepted because the other nurses would take any help they would get.
Ludie C. Andrews was the first founder and superintendent of nurses at Grady hospital training school for colored nurses in Atlanta. She engaged in a ten year battle against Georgia state board of nurse examiners. “She won this battle in 1920 for the right of black nurses to take same exam as white to become licensed to practice nursing. Black nurses were no longer held to little education and low job positions” (Hine 186).
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Rosenwald donated large sums of money to providence hospital in Chicago. He donated approximately donated $1,701,928 to promote development of black professions and improve black health” (Hine 185). He was a white man from America that deeply cared about the education of Negros. He defied social conventions and supported African Americans as much as he could to give them resources to be successful. In nineteen fifty, several black colleges created new baccalaureate nursing programs. This created even more opportunities for black women to establish themselves by giving them the ability to earn higher