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Millie E. Hale

1881–1930

United States

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Millie Essie Gibson Hale (27 February 1881 – 6 June 1930) was an American nurse, hospital founder, social activist, and civic worker. In 1916 she founded Millie E. Hale Hospital with her husband, John Henry Hale, M.D., in Nashville, Tennessee, the first year-round hospital for African Americans in the city.

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