Mabel Eloise Doyle Keaton Staupers
Personal Information
Born: 1890
Died: 1989
Country of Birth: Barbados
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Freedman's Hospital School of Nursing (now Howard University College of Nursing) RN 1917
Professional Life
Field of Study: Nursing Administration
Institution/Corporation: none
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Harlem Committee of the NY Tuberculosis & Health Association National Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) National Council of Negro Women
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1951 Spingarn Medal NAACP; 1996 American Nursing Association Hall of Fame; 1947 Mary Mahoney Medal NACGN
Achievements: "Instrumental in implementing the desegregation of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps January 1945; helped establish the Booker T. Washington Sanitorium in 1920; author of ""No Time for Prejudice: A Story of the Integration of Negroes in Nursing in the United States"""
Pioneer in American nursing profession
Was faced with racial discrimination after nursing school graduation; became an advocate for equality in nursing
Was instrumental in ending the US Army's policy of excluding African-American nurses in its ranks in WWII
While working as a private nurse in Washington D.C. & NY, she helped establish the Booker T. Washington Sanitorium
Emigrated from Barbados to NY with her parents in 1903 & became a citizen in 1917
Was the executive secretary of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN)