Lena Lowe Jordan

Lena Lowe Jordan, a Little Rock (Pulaski County) nurse and hospital administrator who began a training program for certification of black women as practical nurses; circa 1940.

African-American woman with glasses in nursing uniform

Courtesy of the UAMS Library's Historical Research Center

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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