Margaret E. Bailey

Margaret E. Bailey (December 25, 1915 - August 28, 2014) was the first African American nurse promoted to colonel.[1][2] Born in Selma, Alabama, she attended the Fraternal Hospital School of Nursing in Montgomery, Alabama. She then worked at the Seaview Hospital before enlisting in the army.[3] Bailey died on August 28, 2014 at the age of 98.[4]

References
  1. "African-American 'firsts' key to Army history". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. "Colonel Margaret E. Bailey: first black nurse to be promoted to colonel in U.S Army Nurse Corps". Minority Nurse Newsletter. 5 (1): 1–2. 1998. ISSN 1071-9946. PMID 10076324.
  3. Jackson, Gerald G. (2005). We're Not Going to Take it Anymore: Educational and Psychological Practices from an Africentric Paradigm of Helping. Beckham Publications Group, Inc. ISBN 9780931761843.
  4. Col Margaret E Bailey

Further reading
  • Brown, Geraldine (Fall 2014). "In Memorium... Remembering Col. Margaret E. Bailey, Ret. US Army". ABNF Journal. 25: 129.
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