In 1888, Minnie Hogan Clemens (Dorchester) became the first Black student to attend the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Nurse Training School (HUP). In the local news coverage at the time, Clemens’ acceptance into the program was widely celebrated by the Black community as a sign of progress for Black women, who had “no opportunities for employment in factories, stores or at trades, teaching or menial service alone being open to them.”
This past week we hosted Deborah Lindell, DNP, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Dr. Lindell is studying the history of the professional doctorate in nursing at CWRU, and came to the Bates Center to look at the Schlotfeldt collection. Read on to learn more!
Opened in 1907 by Dr. Eugene Hinson, Mercy Hospital and Nurse Training School was the second institution of its kind in Philadelphia founded by the city’s Black community.
This week the Bates Center staff started preparing for an exhibit on Black hospitals and nurse training schools in Philadelphia. Click to learn more about what we’re working on!
Read the current issue of the Center’s newsletter, which includes a feature on Jessica Martucci, PhD, the new curator at the Center, the expanded partnership with the NLN, and upcoming events in spring 2024!