African American community worker, educator, businesswoman, and nurse (1911-2006)
Frances Mary McHie Rains
Born
Frances Mary McHie
(1911-01-29)January 29, 1911
Minneapolis
Died
May 21, 2006(2006-05-21) (aged 95)
Long Beach, California
Occupation(s)
Nurse, Educator
Frances Mary McHie Rains (1911–2006) was an American nurse. She was the first Black woman admitted to the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She was admitted to the School of Nursing after the Minnesota State Legislature learned of her initial rejection from the school based on race. She graduated in 1932.[1]
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state. Heavy rains caused a large sinkhole to develop on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County, which closed the highway to traffic. Frances caused heavy...
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married local Frances Josephine Ramsell (1838–1919) with whom he'd have a daughter, Fanny Powell Rains. When the American Civil War began Rains joined the...
courses that were applicable to their bachelor's degree.: 100–101 1932: FrancesRains becomes the first Black woman to graduate from the nursing school. 1933...
of disturbed weather persisted over the Greater Antilles, bringing heavy rains to the islands. The area moved northward, developing a circulation over...
only one tropical cyclone developed in October, Hurricane Frances. By October 27, Frances became extratropical, ending season activity. The season's...
animation in the theme song. "Hey Duggee". TVGuide.com. Cherry-Becker, Frances (17 May 2018). "BBC – Hey Duggee cordially invites you to celebrate King...
period between September 4–6, four storms (Georges, Danielle, Earl, and Frances) were named. This tied the record set in 1893 for the fastest time four...
Niven, Jack Oakie, Victor McLaglen, Walter Pidgeon, Irving Pichel, Claude Rains, Gilbert Roland, Charles Ruggles, Randolph Scott, James Stewart, Frank Sinatra...
their lives and damage reached an estimated $100 million. In Canada, heavy rains fell across New Brunswick, amounting to 7 in (180 mm) in Edmundston, triggering...
made landfall in north-central Puerto Rico, producing light to moderate rains in the territory. The highest total recorded was 11.13 in (283 mm) of rain...
with the assignment. It's like being in a big cloud and then some of it rains through—for instance, looking at not only [Winston] Churchill's way of walking...
Doksuri showered most of the northern and central Luzon island with heavy rains, triggering floods in various regions of the country. Doksuri steadily weakened...
locusts continue to plague hundreds of millions of people. Rare desert rains transforms locusts from harmless grasshoppers to voracious swarms capable...
Claude Rains as Charles Gresham, James Gregory as Wayne Campbell March 10, 1957 (1957-03-10) Alcoholic has-been actor Charles Gresham (Rains) visits...
Auckland. She cited the 1950 science fiction short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury as inspiration for much of Melodrama's story, relating...
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