When NACGN merged with the American Nurses Association in 1951, the award was continued. In recognition of her outstanding example to nurses of all races, NACGN established the Mary Mahoney Award in 1936. In 1909, Mahoney gave the welcome address at the first conference of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN). She was one of only three persons in her class to complete the rigorous 16 month program. She graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses in 1879. Patients tended by Mahoney throughout her career gave glowing testimony of her expert and tender care. Mahoney inspired both nurses and patients with her calm, quiet efficiency and untiring compassion.
#MARY ELIZA MAHONEY PROFESSIONAL#
The Detroit chapter shifted to a more socially oriented agenda with providing scholarships as its major function.Īmerica's first black professional nurse, Mary Eliza Mahoney is known not only for her outstanding personal career, but also for her exemplary contributions to local and national professional organizations.
In the late 1800s, nursing education in the United States was in the midst of a transformative time. In January 1951, after seven years of negotiations and delays, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses was disbanded. In honoring Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first Black person to be licensed as a nurse in the United States, I honor both her brilliance as a nurse leader and her boldness as one of the many who stood against racist systems of power in health care. The Detroit chapter and several others around the country wished to preserve the name Mary Mahoney when black nurses were finally admitted membership to the American Nurses Association. Bumbray was a tireless worker and for many years was a recognized leader in nursing, both locally and nationally. The organization was called, "The Mary Mahoney Graduate Nurses' Club of Detroit". Bumbray was a graduate of the Flint Goodrich Hospital School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisana. Our foundress was Ann Hutchinson Bumbray. Mary Eliza Mahoney ( January 4, 1926) was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879. The Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Association is located in Detroit Michigan.
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