Mabel Keaton Staupers

Mabel Keaton Staupers

Nicole Camacho, Maliyah Garcia, Jermisha Glee, Brianna Glenn

Biography - Begining Years

• Born in 1980 in Barbados

• Moved to the United States as a young teen

• Attended Freedman's Hospital School of Nursing

• Graduated in 1917 with Honors and became a private nurse

Biography Cont.

• Worked to establish Booker T. Washington Sanitarium: first hospital in Harlem to treat African Americans with Tuberculosis

• Became executive secretary of NACGN in 1934

• Fought to end racial discrimination towards black nurses in the U.S. Army

Multiple Choice

What profession did Mabel Keaton Staupers choose to pursue?

• Nursing

• Secretary

• U.S. Solider

Multiple Choice

Mabel Keaton Staupers became executive secretary of the American Nurse Association

• True

• False

Open Ended

Staupers wanted the U.S. Army to allow what?

Challenges Staupers Faced

• Staupers faced a lot of discrimination especially within her profession

• During WWII the army experienced a nursing shortage but only drafted white nurses

• Staupers led protests to campaign for integration of nurses into the army

Challenges Faced Cont.

• Met with First Lady Roosevelt

• Led demonstrations that included both Black and White Nursing groups

• Showed determination and grit towards gaining equality for African American nurses.

Multiple Choice

What is a major challenge Staupers faced?

• Being African American

• Being a Woman

• Living in Harlem

Multiple Select

How did Staupers Conquer her challenge?

• By quitting the nursing profession

• By getting another Nursing degree

• By enlisting the help of other nurses

• By hosting protests and campaigns

Multiple Choice

Staupers Also embodied Truth 5: You Can't Do It Alone

• True

• False

Being An Example For Others

• Staupers was a paid executive secretary for NACGN

• Expanded membership of NACGN, allowing nurses of all races to join

• Created advisory council for NACGN which discussed how to make segregated organizations more inclusive

Being An Example Cont.

• While Staupers served as executive Secretary NACGN created Mary Mahoney Medal

• Mary Mahoney medal awarded to person or group that contributed most to inter-group relations

Multiple Choice

Who was Staupers trying lead in the right direction by expanding membership of NACGN?

• The President

• Her Fan Club

• White Majority Nursing Organizations

• Booker T. Washington

Open Ended

What was the purpose of the advisory council created for NACGN?

Multiple Choice

Staupers wanted members of NACGN to form relationships with nurses belonging to other organizations

• True

• False

Loving and Leading

• Staupers dedicated the required time both in and out of school to be the best in her field

• Helped start the Booker T. Washington Sanitarium because she loved the Harlem community

• Staupers fell in love with helping others and therefore fell in love with her profession

Loving and Leading Cont.

• Promoted change for better healthcare for African Americans

• Served on the Harlem Committee of the New York Tuberculosis and Health Association

Multiple Choice

Why was Staupers so successful in accomplishing her goals?

• She was just lucky

• She loved what she did

• She ignored her followers

• She had help from her parents

Multiple Choice

Staupers was adamant about serving the Harlem community and advocated for better healthcare there

• False

• True

A Legacy

• Led the Army towards its integration of the Armed Forces Nurse Corps

• Published an Autobiography titled No Time for Prejudice: A Story of the Integration of Negroes in Nursing in the United States

• Was later elected President of NACGN

A Legacy Cont.

• Led the disbanding of NACGN after the organization had completed its mission

• Received many awards for her contributions towards the integration of nurses in the military and civilian life

Multiple Choice

Staupers has made a lasting impact in the Nursing filed

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Why did Staupers disband NACGN?

• The organization was old

• Nobody wanted to join anymore

• She was tired of being President

• The Organization had completed its mission: black nurses could now join any nursing organization.

Open Ended

Do you think Mabel Keaton Staupers was an effective leader?

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