The Retreat for the Sick Becomes Norfolk Protestant Hospital
The 1890s ushered in change and growth at the Retreat for the Sick. In 1896, the hospital moved to a new, larger location in Norfolk. Then, in 1898, the directors renamed their facility the Norfolk Protestant Hospital and amended the hospital’s charter to reflect its...
Norfolk’s First Nursing School
By the 1890s, more caregivers were needed at the growing Norfolk Retreat for the Sick. Hattie Everingham, the superintendent, opened a two-year training school for nurses at the Retreat in 1892. The program accepted women aged 18 or older with a grammar school...
Providing Care and Education in Hampton
Alice Mabel Bacon moved to Hampton, Virginia, in the late 1880s. Born in New England to a prominent abolitionist family, Bacon began teaching at Hampton Institute, a college for freedmen. When she learned that no formal nursing school existed for Black Americans,...