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The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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Joyce Elaine Greene, daughter of Homer and Mrs. Greene, became the first Black woman to graduate from St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing in Youngstown, Ohio, last week after entering training in 1948 with Laveda Marbury, the first two accepted. She joins the staff immediately.
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YOUNGSTOWN, O.—The first young Negro lady to complete nurse's training in a local hospital was graduated last week from St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing here.
She is Miss Joyce Elaine Greene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Greene, this city.
Miss Greene entered training at the Catholic hospital in 1948 along with Miss Laveda Marbury, also a Negro. They were the first two Negroes accepted in Youngstown hospital nursing schools.
She will join the staff of St. Elizabeth Hospital immediately.
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Youngstown, O., St. Elizabeth Hospital
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Last Week, Entered 1948
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Miss Joyce Elaine Greene, the first young Negro lady to complete nurse's training at St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing in Youngstown, Ohio, graduated last week. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Greene, she entered training in 1948 along with Miss Laveda Marbury, the first two Negroes accepted into the hospital's nursing schools. She will join the hospital staff immediately.