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Hulda Margaret Lyttle Hall of Meharry Medical College

1005 Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. , Nashville, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 9' 59.620068", -86° 48' 19.67652"
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Hulda Margaret Lyttle (1889-1983)
1889-1983


In 1913, Hulda M. Lyttle was one of three graduates in the first nursing education class of Meharry's G. W. Hubbard Hospital. In 1916, Lyttle returned to Meharry as Director of Nurse Training. Between 1921 and 1938, she served as superintendent of the hospital and of nurses, and director of the nursing school. In May 1938, Lyttle was appointed dean of Meharry's School of Nursing, the medical school's first African-American female dean of an academic division and one of the first African-American deans of nursing in the United States.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.
Hulda Margaret Lyttle Hall of Meharry Medical College was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 27, 1998.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
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