Mabel Keaton Staupers
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Mabel Keaton Staupers (February 27, 1890 - November 29, 1989) A pioneer in the American nursing profession. Faced with racial discrimination after graduating from nursing school Mabel Staupers became an advocate for racial equality in the nursing profession.
Mabel fought for the inclusion of black nurses in World War 2 to the Army and Navy as the executive secretary of National Association Of Graduate Colored Nurses(NAGCN. She continued fighting not only for quotas, but for the full inclusion of nurses of all races, which was granted in January 1945. In 1948, the American Nursing Association followed suit and allowed African-American nurses to become members. In 1950, Staupers dissolved the NAGCN because she believed the organization had done all it was meant to do.
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Hall of Fame Inductees: Mabel Keaton Staupers
African American Registry: Mabel Staupers was a nursing pioneer
Mabel Staupers, 99, Leader for Nurses, Dies - New York Times
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