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Nurse Emma Ann Reynolds

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Her desire for equality not only improved the rights of African American nurses, but also the rights of female nurses. "Emma Ann Reynolds was born in Frankfort, Ohio in 1862. She was educated at Wilberforce University and moved to Chicago seeking to achieve her dream of completing training to become a professional nurse...Nurse Emma Reynolds graduated from Provident Hospital’s Nursing School in 1893. She enrolled in the Woman’s Medical College of Chicago at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and in 1895, she received her M.D. degree."
- The Provident Foundation


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Article in The Colored American, October 13, 1900 (CLICK TO ENLARGE)
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Article in The Colored American, October 13, 1900 (CLICK TO ENLARGE)
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Article in The Colored American, October 13, 1900 (CLICK TO ENLARGE)
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Article in The Colored American, October 13, 1900 (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

As a black woman, she was denied the right to become a nurse. " In 1889, Emma Reynolds, a young woman who aspired to be a nurse, was denied admission by each of Chicago's nursing schools on the grounds that she was black. Emma Reynolds, along with her brother, the Reverend Louis H. Reynolds, (pastor of the St. Stephens A.M.E. Church on the West Side of Chicago), approached Dr. Daniel Hale Williams seeking his influence so that Miss Reynolds could receive proper training as a professional nurse. Dr. Dan’s solution to the blatant racism was to establish the Provident Hospital and Training School, a private, interracial medical facility."
- The Provident Foundation
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