Mary Mahoney was a member of which professional nursing organization?

• A. American Nurses Association
• B. National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses
• C. Henry Street Settlement
• D. Frontier Nursing Service

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing how historical figures in nursing connected with national professional organizations to advance the profession. Mary Mahoney, a pioneering African American nurse, is associated with the American Nurses Association, the national organization that represents registered nurses and sets standards, ethics, and advocacy for the profession. Being part of this broad professional body shows her leadership at the national level and reflects how minority nurses were integrated into mainstream professional nursing networks of the time.

The other options reference important nursing-related groups or programs (a Black nurses’ association that later merged with the national body, a community health settlement, and a pioneering midwifery service), but the item emphasizes her membership in the national nursing organization that spans all nurses in the United States.