Dr Olivia J Hooker

Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, blazed a trail as the first Black woman on active duty in the US Coast Guard.

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Clara Louise Maass

Nurse Clara Louise Maass (1876-1901) volunteered to participate in an immunization experiment against yellow fever in Cuba, but succumbed to the disease at the young age of 25.

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