Jocelyn Elders was the first African-American to hold this post created in 1870 to direct the Marine Hospital Service
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Free Flashcards about BLACK HISTORY MO. - StudyStack  JOCELYN ELDERS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HOLD THIS POST CREATED IN 1870 TO DIRECT THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE...
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List of African-American firsts - Wikipedia  African Americans are an ethnic group in the United States. The first achievements by African ... First African American to hold a patent: Thomas L. Jennings, for a .... First African-American woman to work for the United States Postal Service: Mary ... First Greek-letter fraternal organization established by African Americans:...
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Surgeon General of the United States - Wikipedia  First holder, John M. Woodworth (as Supervising Surgeon). Deputy, Deputy Surgeon General of the United States. Website, www.SurgeonGeneral.gov. The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ... The Marine Hospital Fund was reorganized along military lines in 1870 and...
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Joycelyn Elders - Wikipedia  Minnie Joycelyn Elders is an American pediatrician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the first African American ... After working as a nurse's aide in a Veterans Administration hospital in .... Create a book  Download as PDF  Printable version...
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Florence Nightingale | Back in time | Pinterest | Florence Nightingale ...  In 1854 she took charge of nursing soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. .... travel to the affected area, but she was not included in the party of 38 nurses chosen ..... Clara Barton, 1821-1912, founder of American Red Cross (Brownie First Aid ..... Knotts had other plans; so, when they set sail, he left Danny on the beach and...
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Robert Clifton Weaver facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...  Weaver's grandfather, Robert Tanner Freeman, was the first Black person to ... U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; Baruch College, .... 1966, Weaver became the first African American appointed to a cabinet position. As President Johnson made the appointment, he told the country, according to...
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A Midwife's Tale: Introduction - DoHistory  The American Advocate for June 9, 1812, summed up her life in one ... blew up by the roots before me which Caused my hors to spring back & my life was spared. .... In his History of Augusta published in 1870, James W. North quoted several ...... Cony was an early member of the Massachusetts Medical Society centered in...
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Woman's Work: Female Lighthouse Keepers in ... - U.S. Coast Guard  hundred seventy-five foot buoy tenders named for famous lighthouse keepers. Five of ... vessels honor the memory of women who held some of the first federal jobs open to .... Ida Lewis unofficially kept Lime Rock Light (Newport, RI) from 1857-1879 for her father and then mother, before being the official keeper 1879-1911.
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Dorothea Dix - United States History  She left at the age of 12 to live with her grandmother in Worcester, ... April 1861, 59-year-old Dorothea Dix offered her services to the Union Army and was appointed the Superintendent of Female Nurses in June. ... Dorothea Dix 1802-1887 A noted social reformer, Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses...
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1862- Dorothea Dix, Appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses ...  A noted social reformer, Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female ... at age 59, volunteered her services to the Union and received the appointment in June 1861 placing her in charge of all women nurses working in army hospitals.
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Mary Dixon Kies - USA - 1809: Kies was the first woman granted a ...  Mary Dixon Kies Mary Kies was the first woman to earn a U.S. patent in her own ..... Shirley Jackson is the Black woman who invented the touch tone telephone, the ... In '73, she became the first #black #woman to receive a doctorate from #MIT. ..... She fought for the right to vote for women and she was one of the leaders in...
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American Colonization Society - Wikipedia  The American Colonization Society (ACS) in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, established in 1816 by Robert Finley of New Jersey, was founded by groups otherwise opposed to each other on the issue of slavery. The ACS intended to support the colonization of free African Americans .... He advocated settling freed American slaves in Africa and gained support...
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Time for a Surgeon General-ectomy? | Fox News  Jan 8, 2009 ... ... created in 1870 to administer what was then known as the Marine Hospital ... In 1912, the Service was renamed the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) as ... A position of surgeon general was then created to merely advise the ... which time the surgeon general was made a direct adviser of the secretary...
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Joseph Lister (for whom Listerine is named) was the ... - Pinterest  Diseases Named After Scientists & Doctors: 26 Illnesses And How They Got Their Monikers [PHOTOS]: ... "[Harriet Tubman] became the only woman in U.S. history to plan and lead both ... When Tubman died, she was given a military burial with honors. .... For this reason, he is known as the 'Father of Antiseptic Surgery'.
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Clara Barton - Wikipedia  Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821  April 12, 1912) was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent ... When she was ten years old, she assigned herself the task of nursing her brother David back to health after he...
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Friends Helped Labor Nominee Move Up, Then Almost Brought Her ...  Published: March 12, 1997 ... Associates of Ms. Herman, 49, whom the White House declined to make available ... Her father, a mortician, was one of the first blacks elected to ... But President Carter chose Mr. Marshall as his Secretary of Labor. ... went to the White House as head of the office of public liaison -- in effect, the...
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Women and the War - Boundless  In June 1861, the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was founded as a private ... Dorothea Dix served as the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses ... In 1864, Union General Benjamin Butler appointed her the lady in charge of ... of the Confederacy, she was under close supervision by Union forces following...
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Free Flashcards about BLACK HISTORY MO. - StudyStack  IN 1945 THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN WAS ELECTED TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF ... IN 2007 THIS COLTS LEADER BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HEAD COACH TO WIN ... IN JANUARY OF 1870, HIRAM REVELS OF MISSISSIPPI BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THIS BODY, SENATE.
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Wilson Carey (1831-1905?) - North Carolina History Project  Born on August 1, 1831, in Amelia County, Virginia, Wilson Carey was one of the first African ... He also served briefly as the state's first black postmaster, appointed to the ... President-elect Ulysses S. Grant on his recent victory (North Carolina ... Carey served in that session until its adjournment on April 12, 1869, and again...
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Joycelyn Elders - Wikipedia  Minnie Joycelyn Elders is an American pediatrician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the first African American appointed as Surgeon General of the United States. ... She was fired in December 1994 amidst controversy as a result of her views.