I am very hopeful : 97-year-old retired nurse who survived COVID to get vaccinated this week I think it s very important, Robinson said. I d hate for everybody to go through what I had gone through. Author: Morgan Young (WFAA) Updated: 10:29 PM EST January 25, 2021
CASEYVILLE, Ill. I worked for a doctor as an office girl, Christine Robinson said. His wife was a nurse, and she encouraged me to become a nurse. I guess she thought I could, or would or whatever.
That woman was right.
Robinson graduated from the Homer G. Phillips School of Nursing in 1958. It was a time when seeing Black women getting into the field was rare. In fact, the historic Homer G. Phillips Hospital was created to be a Black hospital during segregation.
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Sophronia Williams, 91, smiles Dec. 30 at her church, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Little Rock. Williams broke barriers in nursing throughout her 46-year career, becoming the first or second Black nurse at multiple hospitals.
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Sophronia Williams, 91, smiles Dec. 30 at her church, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Little Rock. Williams broke barriers in nursing throughout her 46-year career, becoming the first or second Black nurse at multiple hospitals.
Sophronia Williams does not consider herself a trailblazer. But by all accounts, from being the first Black nurse in different hospitals to her conversion to the Catholic faith, her life is one of unique blessings.