Mahoney: The First African-American Woman

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I completely agree that Mahoney was an amazing woman and truly see her as an inspiration to strive for better as a nurse. Given she went through this journey during the era of Jim Crow laws, as Dr. Francois mentioned, and great discrimination, what she accomplished is all the more amazing to me. I feel a lot of times it just takes that one person to stand up and fight for their dreams in order to open the door for the same opportunities of like people and I see that in Mahoney. I cannot imagine the bravery she had to have possessed to become the first African-American woman to become a nurse in the United States. I think about what a struggle it is to become a nurse in today's time, but cannot fathom the difficultly Mahoney must have faced!