By Susan Muaddi Darraj
Mahoney was once the 1st African-American lady to collapse the obstacles and achieve admittance to the nursing occupation within the usa.
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Pregnancy without marriage was simply unacceptable. Dimock and others believed their job was to withhold moral judgment in order to provide objective, genuine care. They helped educate the women about the care of their children and even helped some of them to find employment in occupations where they could bring their children to work with them. The focus on the needs of single mothers by Dimock and her colleagues was unprecedented, and they worked in the hope that society at large would come to care about this often overlooked group of women.
It cannot be doubted that Mahoney felt pressure to excel because of her position as the first and only African-American student in the nursing program. ” 88 Mahoney’s own sister later applied to the program and was accepted. Mahoney had paved the way for her and scores of others. A NURSING CAREER Mahoney graduated on August 1, 1879, having completed the program in one year. She was among the approximately 13 percent of the original 40 applicants to actually complete the training program. ” 89 Although some of the nurses certainly went on to prominent and successful careers, Mary Mahoney’s post-graduate work has not been documented.
She was the first recipient of the Mary Mahoney Award of the NACGN. This award was later adopted by the American Nurses Association, when the two assocations merged. 42 The NACGN, founded on August 25, 1908 to promote the standards and welfare of black nurses and to break down racial discrimination in the profession. The organization held its first convention in Boston in 1919 (shown). Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first black American trained nurse, addressed the convention. The association awarded her life membership in 1911 and elected her its national chaplain.