Hawaiʻi’s First Nurse Midwife: The Groundbreaking Legacy of Alice Ting Hong Young
Minority Nurse
JULY 25, 2025
Young Becomes Hawaii’s First Nurse Midwife In 1935, the U.S. Congress passed the Social Security Act, which provided funds to enhance maternal-child health services by expanding public health nurses’ skills and education. It paid for her to go to the mainland for advanced education.
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