Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School explained

Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, originally Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and School for Nurses, opened in 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1512 Lombard Street with had 15 beds.^{[1] [2]} It was the city's first hospital for African Americans and the second hospital in the United States for African Americans.^[3] In 1897, it graduated its first two nurses. It expanded and in 1948 merged with Mercy Hospital to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital in hopes of improving both of their both of their financials conditions. Mercy-Douglas closed in 1973.^[4]

Nathan F. Mossell served as chief of staff.^[5] His brother Aaron Albert Mossell was the hospital's lawyer.

William Albert Sinclair was its financial secretary beginning in 1904. He wrote Aftermath of Slavery.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School . University Archives and Records Center .
2. Book: Gamble, Vanessa Northington . New York : Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-507889-3 . Making a place for ourselves : the Black hospital movement, 1920-1945 . May 2, 2024 . 1995 . 23 .
3. Book: Barbara Bates . University of Pennsylvania Press . 978-0-8122-3120-5 . Bargaining for life . May 2, 2024 . 1992 . 303–304 .
4. Web site: The Rise and Decline of African-American Hospitals in Philadelphia . October 2, 2020 . Hidden City Philadelphia .
5. Web site: Who's who in Colored America . March 15, 1927 . Who's Who in Colored America Corporation . Google Books .
6. Web site: General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts . Andover Theological . Seminary . March 15, 1908 . Google Books .