The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...

In May 1917, U.S. medical teams became the first American troops to arrive in the war zone, and many remained through mid-1919. Over 22,000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by ...

In May 1917, U.S. medical teams became the first American troops to arrive in the war zone, and many remained through mid-1919. Over 22,000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by ...

But how many readers were aware of the story of the 63 African American nurses stationed at the 168th Station Military Hospital in Appleton – the first African American nurses from the US Nursing ...

A public square in Georgia's oldest city has been renamed after a black woman who played a major role in the US Civil ... nurse, an educator and the only black woman to write a memoir of the war.