Martha Minerva Franklin (1870 - 1968)

Born 29 Oct 1870 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Sep 1968 at age 97 in Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

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Martha Minerva Franklin was an American nurse. One of the first people to campaign for racial equality in nursing, she was a founder of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses.^[1]

Martha M. Franklin was born in 1870 in Connecticut. She was the daughter of Henry J. Franklin and Mary E. Gauson.^[2]

She died in 1968 in New Haven County, Connecticut.^[3][4] She was buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Meriden, Connecticut.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Martha Minerva Franklin," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martha_Minerva_Franklin&oldid=1005260378 (accessed April 30, 2021).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCR-W3N : 19 February 2021), Martha M Franklin in household of H J Franklin, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 57, sheet 487D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,104.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTTJ-XZ9 : 7 January 2021), Martha Franklin, Sep 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ5Q-ZWS : 9 December 2014), Marth Franklin, 1968; from "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Health, Hartfort.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/16144417/martha-minerva-franklin : accessed 06 June 2021), memorial page for Martha Minerva Franklin (29 Oct 1870–26 Sep 1968), Find A Grave: Memorial #16144417, citing Walnut Grove Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).