Mahoney was known for her skills and preparedness. Mahoney's professionalism helped raise the status and standards of all nurses, especially minorities. Families who employed Mahoney praised her efficiency in her nursing profession. She worked for predominantly white, wealthy families. CareerĪfter gaining her nursing diploma, Mahoney worked for many years as a private care nurse, earning a distinguished reputation. After completing these requirements, Mahoney graduated in 1879 as a registered nurse - the first black woman to do so in the United States. She was also required to attend lectures and educate herself by instruction of doctors in the ward, and to work for several months as a private-duty nurse. Mahoney's training required she spend at least one year in the hospital's various wards to gain universal nursing knowledge. She was 33 years old when she was admitted in 1878. She worked at the New England Hospital for Women and Children (now the Dimock Community Health Center) for 15 years before being accepted into its nursing school, the first in the United States. Mahoney knew early on that she wanted to become a nurse. Mahoney was the oldest of three children she attended the Phillips School, one of the first integrated schools in Boston. Mahoney's parents were freed slaves, originally from North Carolina, who moved north before the Civil War in pursuit of a life with less racial discrimination. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in 1845 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
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