ons were desired for membership. Some mix blood people were able to join, however, because of the difficulties involved in determining their pedigrees.
After the Black Cross Nurses organization was created, organizers were sent out from Universal Negro Improvement Association headquarters in New York to found chapters in cities across the United States (Hill III 163). Although membership in the local chapters remained modest, Black Cross Nurses were soon to be found in most American cities.
The Black Cross Nurses, thus, were created as an all female and truly Negro organization. Mixed blood women were not considered to be acceptable for membership. This restriction ma
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