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The American Red Cross effectively bans Black nurses' participation in the Armed Forces Nurses Corps.

Date: 1917

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While Black nurses are not explicitly banned from participation in the corps, a new requirement that nurses have to complete training at a hospital with at least 50 beds largely eliminates them by default, as Black nurses are not allowed to practice in most hospitals.