Published in Nurses You Should Know·Nov 18, 2022Viola Elizabeth Garcia SchneiderU.S. Army Nurse Corps First Lieutenant in World War II (of the Catawba Nation) — This story would not have been possible without the oral history archived by the Library of Congress and additional information provided by Minority Nurse. Viola Elizabeth Garcia was born in 1919 in Colorado. Her parents were both members of the Catawba Nation of South Carolina. Growing up, she was the…Native American Heritage5 min readNative American Heritage5 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Oct 6, 2022Hector Hugo GonzalezFirst Mexican-American Nurse to Earn a Doctorate — Thank you to NAHN for publishing Hector’s bio on your site, as nearly any source we found during research came from, linked to, or reproduced, your original source. Hector Hugo Gonzalez was born in Roma, Texas in 1937. His family’s Mexican roots trace past the mid-1700s, during a period when…Hispanic Heritage Month4 min readHispanic Heritage Month4 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Jul 28, 2022Rose Lim LueyChinese American Public Health Nurse — Rose Lim Luey was born in Oakland in 1929 and is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. When her parents arrived from rural China in the 1920s, they opened a laundry where Rose began to work since the age of six sorting socks. She began her nursing career in 1951 when…Asian Pacific Heritage3 min readAsian Pacific Heritage3 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Jul 21, 2022Iyo ArakiJapanese Nurse Leader, Author, & Educator — Iyo Araki was born in Japan in 1877. She attended one of the first nurse training programs in Japan in 1896, which only accepted graduated from Christian mission schools. She went on to work in a hospital in Kobe, where she met an American medical missionary, Dr. Rudolf Teusler. …Aapi Women4 min readAapi Women4 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Jul 13, 2022Rebecca Chan ChungChinese American Military Nurse & Nurse Educator — Thank you to Rebecca’s daughter, Dr. Deborah Chung, for graciously sharing information about her mother and sharing photos and resources with us. Rebecca Chan Chung was born in Guangzhou, China in 1920. Two of her great grandfathers were ordained Christian ministers in Southern China. Her mother was one of the…Chinese5 min readChinese5 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Feb 18, 2022Nella LarsenNurse, Librarian, and Harlem Renaissance Writer — Nella Larsen was born in Chicago’s South Side in 1891. Her parents were immigrants. Her mother was a Danish seamstress and her father was a Black cook from the Danish West Indies. At 16 she attended Fisk University’s Normal School in Nashville, Tennessee before leaving to attend the University of…Black History Month4 min readBlack History Month4 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Feb 9, 2022Goldie Brangman-DumpsonNurse Anesthetist & Co-Founder of Harlem Hospital School of Anesthesia — Goldie D. Brangman-Dumpson was born in Maryland in 1917. After being a volunteer with the Red Cross, she enrolled in Harlem Hospital Center’s nursing program. She graduated in 1943 and accepted her first job at Harlem Hospital. When many male doctors in the City Hospital of New York were away…Black History Month4 min readBlack History Month4 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Dec 14, 2021Rachel RadykPublic Health Nurse and Indigenous Nurse Navigator — Rachel is a Canadian nurse of Indigenous and settler heritage. Her Indigenous ancestry is linked to the Chippewa nation of Georgina Island in Ontario, Canada. Rachel was inspired to pursue nursing in her mother’s footsteps. After starting her Bachelor’s degree in communications in 2011, she decided to pivot towards a…Canada4 min readCanada4 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Nov 16, 2021Michelle Kahn-JohnPsychiatric NP, Educator, & Researcher — Dr. Michelle Kahn-John is a member of the Navajo Nation, Big Water Clan. She grew up on the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Arizona and knew she wanted to be in a healing profession since a young age, in part from her mother who was a medicine woman. She began…Native American Heritage3 min readNative American Heritage3 min read
Published in Nurses You Should Know·Nov 11, 2021Virginia Sneed DixonWorld War II and Korean War Veteran — Thank you to Phoebe Ann Pollitt, PhD, RN for letting us know about this nurse. Virginia Sneed Dixon was born in 1919 on the Qualla Boundary (57,000 acres of land belonging to the Eastern Band Cherokee Indians near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina). She attended a…Native American Heritage3 min readNative American Heritage3 min read
