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We had a monopoly of the nursing business for many years, and up to a short time ago it was the common opinion that nobody could nurse but one of those old black mammies.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgWe had a monopoly of the nursing business for many years, and up to a short time ago it was the common opinion that nobody could nurse but one of those old black mammies.
Washington reflects on the historical role of African American women as nurses in the South.
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