Mary E. Merritt
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Mary Eliza Merritt (April 27, 1881 – 1953) was an American nurse who was the first African American to be licensed as nurse in Kentucky.[1][2] Merritt was awarded the Mary Mahoney Medal for distinguished service in nursing from the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses in 1949.[1]
Merritt spent most of her career as a nurse educator and supervisor at the Red Cross Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky where at the time most African American nurses in Kentucky received their training.[3] The Red Cross Hospital was the only place in Kentucky that African Americans could be trained as a nurse until 1937.[2]