Mary Elizabeth Lancaster Carnegie
Mary Elizabeth Lancaster Carnegie
1916-2008
Lincoln School for Nurses
Bronx, New York, 1937
- Initiated first baccalaureate nursing program in Virginia at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University)
- Dean of the Florida A&M University School of Nursing
- Chief Editor, Nursing Research
- President of the Florida State Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
- President of the American Academy of Nursing
- Author of The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide 1854-1994
A nationally renowned nurse minority advocate, Elizabeth Carnegie affected health and social welfare globally through her sustained commitment to equality in nursing practice, education, administration, research, and scholarship. She began her teaching career on the faculty of the St. Philip School of Nursing at the Medical College of Virginia. Her pioneering work included the initiation of a four-year baccalaureate nursing program at Hampton University, the first in Virginia. Carnegie helped break racial barriers and paved the way for the advancement of African American nurses.
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"Dr. Mary Elizabeth Carnegie exchanged time for eternity last Wednesday, but her light on this earth will continue to shine through the numerous nurses, students, faculty, patients and families whom she touched exponentially."
Pamela Hammond, PhD, RN, “A Memorial Tribute: Dr. Mary Elizabeth Carnegie, FAAN,” ABNF Journal Spring 2008
