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Lubertha Miller Johnson (July 22, 1906 Ackerman, Mississippi – January 6, 1996 Las, Vegas, Nevada) was an African-American nurse, civil rights campaigner and anti-poverty activist based in Paradise Valley, Nevada. She was known as the first black nurse in southern Nevada, and the president of the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP.
She was a member of Gamma Phi Delta sorority. The annual Lubertha Johnson Award of the American Association of University Women is named in her honor.
References
- ^ Wilkins, Sally; Ford, Jean (2001). "Featured Historic Nevada Woman Lubertha Jonhson" (PDF). Nevada Women’s History Project. p. 7.
- ^ "AAUW: Lubertha Johnson". Elko Daily Free Press. 1996-06-01. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South's first black nurse influenced many fields". Reno Gazette-Journal. 2008-03-03. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- Patrick, Elizabeth Nelson. “Oral Interview of Lubertha Johnson”, December, 1978.
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