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The Nursing Work of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman

AJN Off the Charts

Both Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman are known for their courageous struggles against slavery, their humanitarian work, and their support of suffrage. They are not known as much as they should be, however, for their role as nurses. While still enslaved, she provided nursing care to the Dumont family.

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Scales, Davis, Stewart: Black Public Health Nursing Pioneers

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This is the last in a series of four blog posts (listed below) by nurse and attorney Edie Brous that introduce readers to some of the many notable Black nurses of the past. In her nursing career, Scales initially encountered rejection and racial barriers despite her training and a shortage of registered nurses.

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Never Let Your Circumstances Determine Your Destiny

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Tanya Taylor-Edwards, RN My mother was a single mom, so my grandmother raised me most of the time while my mother pursued a business degree and then later when she went to work. My mother wore suits and worked with the public. That’s when I witnessed what it meant to be a nurse — the compassion, comfort, and care.