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In the 1980s and 1990s, FNOP was key is lobbying for a number of labor protections for Filipino nurses, including hospital-sponsored H1-B visas, improved living conditions, and equal pay with nonimmigrant workers. [21] In 2019, 200 Filipino nurses successfully sued a group of New York nursing homes for human trafficking.
In 1927, one of the first Filipino civic organizations in New York City, the Filipino Women's Club, was founded. [7] In 1960, there were only 2,744 Filipino Americans in New York City. [8] In 1970, there were 14,279 Filipinos in New York State, 52.4% of whom were college graduates. [9]
Legaci – Filipino-American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1997. They are currently the backup singers for Canadian Pop-R&B singer Justin Bieber on the My World Tour. Q-York – Filipino-American hip hop record production duo composed of Flava Matikz (DJ/producer) and Knowa Lazarus (songwriter/MC).
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin "Peggy" Utinsky (August 26, 1900 – August 30, 1970) [1] was an American nurse who worked with the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine, food, and other items to aid Allied prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. She was recognized in 1946 with the Medal of Freedom for her actions.
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Halima Rafat, pioneer Afghan nurse and women's rights activist, one of the first nurses of her country; Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, nurse and Miss America 1988; Emmy Rappe (1835–1896), first professionally trained Swedish nurse, pioneer in the education of nurses; Elizabeth Raybould (1926 –2015) pioneer in Nurse education in Northern Ireland
It was a big night for all the winners in this year’s Emmy Awards, who like last year and years before that, all got shiny gold trophies for doing their jobs well. However, another group that ...