St. Agnes Hospital Nursing School
In June of 2015, Penelope Johnson Brown of Pikesville, MD, identified her mother, Madie L. Johnson White (Green), as being the nurse in the middle of the front row of three sitting in the grass. Madie L. Johnson White (Green) was born and raised in Chester, Maryland (Kent Island).
She was one of 10 children. After graduating from Queen Anne's County High School, she attended and graduated from the St. Agnes School of Nursing in June of 1950 and went to work at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Later she worked at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville, TN, married, and returned to Maryland where she worked for over 30 years as a public health nurse for the Baltimore City School system. During that time obtained a BA in Health Administration and a Master's Degree before her sudden passing in 1997.
See more of the collection: https://flic.kr/p/53BG1c
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From a collection donated to the State Archives of NC.
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Located on St. Augustine's College campus in Raleigh, NC, St. Agnes Hospital first opened its doors in October 1896 and served as a hospital and nurse training center for African Americans.
The hospital was expanded in 1903 to include new facilities, including an operating room.
A 1904 fire severely damaged the building, prompting students of the college, under the direction of Reverend Henry Beard Delany (North Carolina's first African American Episcopal bishop) to quarry and lay the stone that makes up the current structure.
Construction began in 1905; the cornerstone and electric lighting were installed in 1906. The completed hospital was ready for occupation in June 1909. Its straightforward and functional design includes granite walls laid in random ashlar and segmental-arched windows of various sizes.
By the 1920s, St. Agnes hospital was the largest hospital for Blacks between Atlanta and Washington. In the 1940s the college and school separated; in 1961 the hospital closed when the Wake County Medical Center opened.
The property was returned to St. Augustine's shortly thereafter. St. Agnes Hospital was declared a Raleigh Historic Landmark in 1979.
From localwiki.org/raleigh/St._Agnes_Hospital
See also goodnightraleigh.com/2008/07/the-crumbling-st-agnes-hospi...
LINK to collection at State Archives of NC: https://www.flickr.com/.../north.../albums/72157682100383726