PublisherArizona Historical SocietyBrowse TopicEducationNative AmericansSociety and CultureSubjectWomen--History--ArizonaNursing--ArizonaIndians of North American--ArizonaDescriptionAdele Slivers and Ruth Henderson are commemorated here as the first graduates from the Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Ganado, Arizona on November 29, 1933. At the time it served as the only accredited School of Nursing for Native American women. They were also the first Navajo women to come before the Arizona State Board of Nurse Examiners on October 20-21, 1933.Date Original1933Date Range1930s (1930-1939)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatBlack-and-white photographsLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionArizona Historical SocietyCollectionArizona's Saints and Shady LadiesSubcollectionDon Dedera Photograph CollectionRights StatementContact the Arizona Historical Society Library and Archives, Tempe. http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/tempe-archives/