Inspiration for Activism! 

• Only nurse invited to participate in President Obama’s Frontiers of Science meeting to discuss research in community engagement.
• Only nurse researcher mentioned in SCOTUS OpEd from American
  

  Monica McLemore

  Academy of Nursing.

• Only nurse whose research was cited in NPR/ProPublica award winning reporting for Lost Mothers.
• Face of Billboard campaign to combat misinformation of so-called medication abortion reversal – which contributed to the California Board of Registered Nursing to change their language about continuing education units. Covered widely in the press – for example:
  • Politico
  • Sacramento Bee
  • Colorlines
  • Capital Public Radio
  • Ms. Magazine
  • The Mercury News.
• One of a few nurse researchers whose research was cited in recent National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine report on Abortion Quality and Safety (Pg. 92).  Read more

Inspiration for Activism

• Esteemed nursing “leader with vision, insight, and wise counsel who had a major impact in the advancement of nursing, health care, and academic programs“
• inspired to become a nurse because of her mother, who wanted to be a nurse but could not because of her race
• Strong advocate for Black women and Black nurses, urging baccalaureate education for all
• First nurse to conduct clinical experiments that evaluated nursing practices
• First African-American woman to be named as a Dean of Nursing, University of Michigan (1981). Subsequently appointed as Vice-Provost of the University, serving until her retirement.
• First woman and first nurse to serve as deputy director of the National Institute of Mental Health 1979-1981
• As President of the American Academy of Nursing (1987-89), led the establishment of Expert Panels to develop strong policy statements based on nursing expertise

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Rhetaugh Dumas with Peggy Chinn, 2005