Ernestine Sharon Walkingstick

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Ernestine Sharon Walkingstick (born May 11, 1937 in Charleston , North Carolina , † July 11, 1999 in Asheville , North Carolina) was a Registered Nurse from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians . She founded and organized the Cherokee Hospital in Robbinsville , the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at the Cherokee Indian Hospital in Cherokee, and the region's first domestic violence shelter named after her .

Ernestine Sharon Walkingstick was born on May 11, 1937 in the small town of Charleston in the Snowbird area of Qualla Boundary to William and Mary Walkingstick, the first of two children. She attended the Northwestern State School of Nursing in Louisiana , graduating in 1961. Walkingstick then returned to Qualla Boundary and became the director of public health there. This gave her the opportunity to organize the first clinic for the Cherokee in the remote mountain village of Robbinsville. She also initiated, coordinated and managed the ENT clinic at Cherokee Indian Hospital in Cherokee.

Walkingstick followed the example of Lula Owl Gloyne and was involved in various ways for the Cherokee. For example, she was instrumental in founding the first women's shelter in the region, which today bears her name. She was also president of the Native American Indian Women's Association .

literature

  • Phoebe Ann Pollitt: African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia McFarland, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4766-2216-3 (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Phoebe Ann Pollitt: African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia McFarland, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4766-2216-3 (English) p. 105
  2. ^ Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: Domestic Violence ´ (English) accessed on July 18, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Walkingstick, Ernestine Sharon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Native American nurse
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Charleston , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1999
Place of death Asheville , North Carolina