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Jessie Sleet Scales

1865–1956

United States

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Jessie Sleet Scales (1865–1956) was the first African-American public health nurse in the United States. Scales contributed to the development and growth of public health nursing in New York City and is considered by many to be a health nurse pioneer.

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