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Franklin, Martha Minerva, 1870-1968

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Personal name headingFranklin, Martha Minerva, 1870-1968
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1870
Death date1968
Field of activityMedicine
AffiliationNational Association for Colored Graduate Nurses
Profession or occupationAfrican American nurses
Found inNational Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records, 1908-1958: (Martha Minerva Franklin)
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Website, Feb. 5, 2016 (Martha Minerva Franklin (b. in New Milford (Conn.) in 1870 - d. in Meriden (Conn.) in 1968) was one of the first to seek changes in the unequal and discriminatory realities of African American nurses in the United States; the National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) was founded at the 1908 meeting, and Martha Minerva Franklin became its first president; in 1976, she was inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame)
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Associated languageeng