Harriet Tubman’s Forgotten History as a Civil War Nurse
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Harriet Tubman lived a life of advocacy, courage, and fearlessness as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a system of safe houses and escape routes from slavery across America during the Civil War. However, not many people know that she also was a nurse at one point. She often took care of her passengers on their way to freedom, and this experience helped her serve as a Civil War nurse, where she cared for hundreds of wounded soldiers and nursed them back to health.
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