Anastacia Giron-Tupas

Dean of Philippine Nursing & Visionary Nurse Leader

Anastacia Giron-Tupas was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte on August 24, 1890 and is one of the most distinguished and revered Filipino nurse leaders in history. She was a visionary…

Melchora Aquino

Revolutionary Servant & Nurse Entrepreneur

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Julita Villaruel Sotejo

Nurse Educator, Lawyer, & Change Agent

Corazon Amurao Atienza

Critical Care Nurse & Survivor

Kay Fukuda & Aiko Humaguchi

Japanese American Nurses

Teresa Urrea (aka Santa Teresa)

Mexican Indian Midwife and Healer

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Harriet Tubman & Sojourner Truth

Renowned abolitionists also served as nurses in the Civil War

Renowned for their abolition efforts, less known is that Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth both cared for Black soldiers during the Civil War…

Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde

Founder of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses

Virginia Allen

The last living Black Angel