Carrie E. Bullock

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Carrie E. Bullock ( 1887 in Laurens , South Carolina , † December 31, 1962 in Chicago ) was an African American nurse . She was the president of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) and founded its official magazine.

Carrie E. Bullock was born in Laurens, South Carolina in 1887, orphaned at the age of 6 and raised by her grandparents, former slaves . She attended the African American College Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina . After graduating in 1904, Bullock taught in South Carolina for two years and then enrolled in nursing school at Dixie Hospital in Hampton, Virginia . She moved to the Nursing School of the Provident Hospital in Chicago and graduated in 1909. Bullock worked as a visiting nurse (Eng. Outpatient care ) and entered the Visiting Nurses Association Chicago and in 1919 became the head of the nursing service of the colored sisters. In 1923, Bullock organized the NACGN convention in Chicago as a member, at which convention she was elected vice president. In 1927 Bullock was elected President of the NACGN. She helped set up a scholarship for colored nurses with the help of the Rosenwald Fund . Bullock founded the official organ of the NACGN National News Bulletin in 1928 to improve communication within black care. For her services she was awarded the Mary Mahoney Award in 1938. She died in Chicago on December 31, 1962.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chicago Tribune: After 40 Years, Vising Nursing Still 'Great Joy' to Ms. Bullock, January 31, 1950, p. 18 (English), accessed June 16, 2020
  2. ↑ Chicago Womens Park: Significant Chicago Women (PDF) (English) accessed on June 16, 2020
  3. ↑ Nina Mjagkij (Ed.): Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations Routledge, 2001 ISBN 978-1-135-58123-7 . P. 338 (English)
  4. ↑ Chicago Tribune: Miss Bullock, widely known Nurse, is dead January 2, 1963, p. 62 (English), accessed June 16, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Bullock, Carrie E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American nurse and President of the NACGN
DATE OF BIRTH 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Laurens (South Carolina)
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1962
Place of death Chicago