Adah Belle Thoms, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAdah Belle Thoms
American nurse and activist
Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1870
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 21-Feb-1943
Profession: nurse
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Adah Belle Thoms
- Adah Belle Samuels Thoms (January 12, 1870 – February 21, 1943) was an African American nurse who cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (serving as President from 1916-1923), was acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses (New York), and fought for African Americans to serve as American Red Cross nurses during World War I and eventually as U.S.
- Army Nurse Corps nurses starting with the flu epidemic in December 1918.
- She was among the first nurses inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame when it was established in 1976.
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