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Pioneering nurse Thereasea "T.D." Elder is said to be the happiest when she is making a difference in someone's life. Elder has been quoted to say, "If it's going to benefit somebody, I want to do it." This is a philosophy she has embraced for more than eight decades, both as a nurse and a community activist in Charlotte, even as a child, growing up in Charlotte's Greenville area in the late 1920's. Therefore, we deemed it necessary to dedicate our chapter to her and her efforts and strive to keep her vision strong through our work.
Enrolling at Johnson C. Smith University, Elder enlisted in the U.S. Cadet Nursing program, an initiative of the U.S Public Health Service to alleviate the World War II Shortage of trained nurses. Following the war, she returned to Charlotte, where she became the first African American public health nurse in Mecklenburg County, serving both African-American and white patients in their homes. Elder officially retired in 1989, after nearly 50 years of nursing. But retirement simply meant not wearing nurses' attire as she worked to make life better for others.
The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) was organized in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams, former Dean and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama. NBNA is a non-profit organization incorporated on September 2, 1972 in the state of Ohio. NBNA represents 308,000 African American registered nurses, licensed vocational/practical nurses, nursing students and retired nurses from the USA, Eastern Caribbean and Africa, with 114 chartered chapters, in 34 states.
The NBNA mission is “to serve as the voice for Black nurses and diverse populations ensuring equal access to professional development, promoting educational opportunities and improving health.” NBNA chapters offer voluntary hours providing health education and screenings to community residents in collaboration with community-based partners, including faith-based organizations, civic, fraternal, hospitals, and schools of nursing.
For more information, visit www.nbna.org. #NBNAResilient.
Photo: Sitting: Phyllis Jenkins, Lauranne Sams, Betty Smith Williams and Ethelrine Shaw.
Standing: Gloria Rookard, Betty Jo Davidson, Mary Harper, Doris Wilson
Mattiedna K. Johnson, Phyllis Davis, Mattie Watkins, and Florrie Jefferson.
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