Mattiedna Johnson
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| Birthday |
7th April, 1918
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| Birthplace |
Mississippi
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| Died |
December, 2003
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Occupation Text |
Nurse, laboratory technician
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Mattiedna Johnson (7 April 1918 - December 2003) was an African American nurse and laboratory technician. In the 1940s, she played a pertinent role in the cure for the fatal scarlet fever epidemic and other diseases that soldiers in World War II were getting. Johnson was the only African American, nurse, and laboratory technician that worked on the U.S. Army Medical Corp penicillin project at the University of Minnesota. Johnson said she received no credit for her work on penicillin. Johnson co-founded the National Black Nurses Association, in 1971. She wrote The Penicillin Project Diary Notes and Tots Goes to Gbarnga, a self-published autobiography.
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