Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...
I was interested to read the article about Nancy Leftenant-Colon’s life as a military nurse you published Sunday, Jan. 26, originally written for The Washington Post by Harrison Smith (”Nancy ...
The Associated Press on MSN19d
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has diedThe first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...
She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces ...
In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.
Two things were clear for retired Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon as a girl — she wanted to offer comfort as a nurse, and she wanted to proudly serve her country — despite obstacles that made both ...
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