Lubertha Miller Johnson (July 22, 1906 Ackerman, Mississippi[1] – January 6, 1996 Las, Vegas, Nevada[2]) was an African-American nurse, civil rights campaigner and anti-poverty activist based in Paradise Valley, Nevada.[3] She was known as the first black nurse in southern Nevada, and the president of the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP.[2][3]
She was a member of Gamma Phi Delta sorority.[1] The annual Lubertha Johnson Award of the American Association of University Women is named in her honor.[2][1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Wilkins, Sally; Ford, Jean (2001). "Featured Historic Nevada Woman Lubertha Jonhson" (PDF). Nevada Women’s History Project. p. 7.
- ^ a b c "AAUW: Lubertha Johnson". Elko Daily Free Press. 1996-06-01. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "South's first black nurse influenced many fields". Reno Gazette-Journal. 2008-03-03. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Patrick, Elizabeth Nelson. “Oral Interview of Lubertha Johnson”, December, 1978.
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