Adah Belle Thoms
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1870 – 1943
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Who was Adah Belle Thoms?
Adah Belle Samuels Thoms was an African American nurse who cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, was acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses, and fought for African Americans to serve as army nurses during World War I. She was among the first nurses inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame when it was established in 1976.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1870
Virginia - Ethnicity
- African American
- Education
- Cooper Union
- Died
- Feb 21, 1943
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on July 23, 2013
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