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The American Nurses Association begins to require nurses to be members of a state nursing association.

1916

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The state nursing associations in 16 states and the District of Columbia exclude Black nurses, thereby barring them from membership in the American Nursing Association (ANA). Many states also require nurses to take state exams to become nurses, but bar Black practitioners from taking those exams.