1. Esther McCready was a nurse and teacher who desegregated the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1950.
10 Facts About Esther McCready
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The lower court's ruling was overturned by the Maryland Court of Appeals, and McCready began classes on September 5,1950.
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Esther McCready is in the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.
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Esther McCready's career included years as a general education teacher in public school in New York.
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Esther McCready participated in traveling opera groups who toured around United States and Europe.
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Esther McCready was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in East Baltimore.
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Esther McCready grew up with three other siblings in a loving household.
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Esther McCready attended the segregated Dunbar High School in Baltimore, earning acclaim as an honor student.
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Esther McCready worked as a nurses' aide at Sinai Hospital.
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From a young age, Esther McCready always knew she wanted to be in the nursing field from watching the way nurses worked during her visits to the hospital for routine check-ups.