Mary Eiza Mahoney

This four-part blog series by Edie Brous, JD, MPH, MS, RN, was written to honor a handful of women of color who accomplished remarkable things during Florence Nightingale’s lifetime.We encourage readers to delve more deeply into these lives and their intersection with key aspects of nursing history, women’s history, and the long struggle against racist barriers.

“Honoring Notable Black Nurses of History“

“Mahoney, Thoms, Franklin: Black Nurses and Reformers to Remember“

“The Nursing Work of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman“

“Scales, Davis, Stewart: Black Public Health Nursing Pioneers”