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,...
In May 1888, the Norfolk Women’s Christian Association (WCA) met to discuss their vision for a new hospital. In an era when less than 200 hospitals existed nationwide, the WCA recognized the need for medical facilities in their growing community. Their goal was to...
