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Mary E. Merritt
1881–1953
United States
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Biography
Mary Eliza Merritt (April 27, 1881 – 1953) was an American nurse who was the first African American to be licensed as nurse in Kentucky. Merritt was awarded the Mary Mahoney Medal for distinguished service in nursing from the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses in 1949. Merritt spent most of her career as a nurse educator and supervisor at the Red Cross Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky where at the time most African American nurses in Kentucky received their training.
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