title: Predecessors of modern black nurses: an honored role.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Tomes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shaw-Nickerson
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history*; D006676:History of Nursing; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States