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At the age of ten, the Shadd's moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania where Mary attended a Quaker School for the next six years. This experience influence dMary later in life, whereby she returned to this location and opened a school for Black children in 1840.
Nursing Stories: Mary Eliza Mahoney. In this series, we will tell nursing stories of influential practitioners who made a difference in the field of nursing. Born in 1845, Mary Eliza Mahoney External link was the first black nurse in the United States to complete her professional degree.