The Memphis onTNE Red!

Miss Nealie Briggs told me about her remarkable journey to become a registered nurse (RN). She came with her family to Memphis in 1954. She worked as a dishwasher and, eventually, as a cook for Winfield Mosely, where she was a paid a dollar less than the male cooks. She worked at Moseley’s for 10 years, and she also worked at Pound’s Café for Dutch Wheeler.Next, she worked at the ho...

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