Description
Della Rainey Jackson graduated from Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing. She was the first African-American nurse to answer the call for nurses World War II. She entered service at Fort Bragg in April 1941 and was later transferred to Tuskegee Army Flying School in March 1942. Lieutenant Rainey was the first African-American nurse to be promoted to the rank of chief nurse and the first to be in charge of an army hospital. She received her doctorate from Columbia University.
Notable Facts
- First African-American nurse to answer the call for nurses World War II
- First African-American nurse to be promoted to the rank of chief nurse
- First African-American nurse to be in charge of an army hospital
Connections
- graduate of Columbia University †
- member of Tuskegee Army Flying School †
- graduate of Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing †
