![]() She was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 1976 and into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993. Mahoney received many honors and awards for her pioneering work. An increase in the acceptance of Black women into notable medical platforms and the integration of the NACGN with the American Nurses Association prompted the dissolution of the organization in 1951. The NACGN had a significant influence on eliminating racial discrimination in the registered nursing profession. This organization attempted to uplift the standards and everyday lives of African-American registered nurses. Mahoney worked tirelessly with these women as a co-contributor to the association by improving the access to educational and nursing practices. Thoms, two colleagues of Mahoney, met in New York City and decided to start the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN). In 1908, Martha Minerva Franklin and Adah B. In the 1860 census Mary (age 16) was in Boston Ward 5, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary Eliza Mahoney was the oldest of three children of Charles and May Jane (Stewart) Mahoney, who were believed to have been enslaved in North Carolina before being freed. In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing. ![]() Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. Descendant of Eleanor Darnall (1739-) Eleanor was an enslaved person in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. ![]()
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