Osborne, Estelle Massey
1901-1981 · Contribution: 1931
Nurse and educator
First African-American to earn a master's degree in nursing
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1901, Palestine, Texas
- Active since
- 1923
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Best known for
- First African American to earn a master's degree in nursing
Impact on the world
Osborne advanced nursing education and fought to dismantle the racial barriers that kept Black women out of nursing schools and the military nurse corps.
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NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
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