McGreen Family materials
Item
Title
McGreen Family materials
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Type
Text
Creator
Vaughn, Alfreda (Contributor)
Date
1949-09
1998-02-18
Description
A newspaper clipping from September 1949 announcing the funeral of Nurse Irene Odell McGreen, who is noted as being the first nurse of color to be employed by Leon County in addition to being credited for the founding of a midwife training school and the Stay-Rite School of Beauty Culture and Practical Nursing. It also includes a portrait of, presumably, Nurse McGreen, as well as personal correspondence from her granddaughter, Alfreda Vaughn, detailing some of her family history.
Genre
Clippings
Personal correspondence
Portrait photographs
Language
English
Place
Leon County (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Physical Description
3 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-TBFC-B006B-F001
Topics
African American nurses
African American midwives
African American Funerals
Physical Location
Tallahassee Black Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.