Letitia Campfield
Letitia Campfield was one of the first Black people to be admitted to the Nurses Training Program at Boston City Hospital School of Nursing in April 1929.[1][2][3] Campfield and Frances W. Harris, the other Black woman who was admitted as a trainee at Boston City Hospital, began their training in September 1929.[4]
Early life
[edit]Campfield was from Cambridge, Massachusetts.[5][6]
Legacy
[edit]In 2023, she was recognized as one of "Boston’s most admired, beloved, and successful Black Women leaders" by the Black Women Lead project.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ BlackFacts.com. "First Nurses at City Hospital". Blackfacts.com. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ^ Hayden, Bob (23 November 1978). "boston's black history: The Gifts of Heritage". Bay State Banner. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ^ "FRANCES W. HARRIS, 84 WAS BLACK NURSING PIONEER: [THIRD Edition]". Boston Globe. 25 August 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ^ Wells, Marcia (September 2020). "who is the masthead nurse?". Massachusetts Report on Nursing. Milton.
- ^ "Admitted to Boston Hospital's Nursing Class". The New York Amsterdam News. 25 September 1929. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ^ "Two Negro Students Enter Nursing Class". The Washington Post. 6 October 1929.
- ^ "Black Women Lead". Greater Grove Hall Main Streets. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ Sullivan, Mike (2023-10-04). "Portraits along Blue Hill Avenue honor Boston's Black women leaders". CBS Boston. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ Gaskin, Ed (10 April 2025). Black Women Lead: Boston's Most Admired, Beloved, and Iconic Leaders, 1700 - Present. Independently published. ISBN 979-8317465209.
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