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OBJECTIVE
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To further intergroup relations, to unselfishly give herself to the profession and community affairs.
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EDUCATION
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NEW ENGLAND HOSPITAL FOR WOMAN AND CHILDREN, Boston, Massachusetts
Diploma in nursing training, 1878-1879
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ACHIEVEMENTS
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Furthering of intergroup relations
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Recognized as first black student admitted to the sixteen month course at the New England Hospital for Woman and Children, 1878
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Became an original member of Nurses Associated Alumni, 1896
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Cofounder of National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN), 1908
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HONORS
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Mary Mahoney Award established by NACGN, 1936
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Area two Family Life Center in Roxbury was named the Mary Eliza Mahoney Family Life Center, 1970
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Chi Eta Phi National Black Sorority and American Nurses association restored her gravesite and bared a granite sculpture of her head in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts, 1973
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First National Pilgrimage service and commemoration held at her gravesite, 1984
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Admitted to American Nurses Association Hall of Fame, 1976
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WORK
EXPERIENCE
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NEW ENGLAND HOSPITAL FOR WOMAN AND CHILDREN, Boston, Massachusetts
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1860-1878
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Cook
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Janitor
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Washerwoman
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Unofficial nurse's aid
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1879-1926
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MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY
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Intergroup relations
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Community affairs
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Improved status of African-American Nurses
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SKILLS
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Professional licensed nurse
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Cook
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Model citizen
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REFERENCES
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Available upon request
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