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A circular portrait of a young Black person wearing a hat, white blouse, and a scarf.
Mary Eliza Mahoney (April 16, 1845 – January 4, 1926).

First Black nurses graduate from a formal training program in the U.S.

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Mary Eliza Mahoney (April 16, 1845 – January 4, 1926).

Black nurses have existed for generations, but Mary Eliza Mahoney becomes the first to graduate from New England Hospital for Women and Children's Nursing School.