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Namahyoke Curtis
1861–1935
United States
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Biography
Namahyoke "Namah" Gertrude Sockum Curtis (née Sockum; July 1871 – November 25, 1935) was an American nurse and civil leader. She recruited 32 African-American nurses to serve with the US Army in the Spanish American War. The nurses were supposed to be immune to diseases common in Cuba, specifically yellow fever.
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