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Clara Maass
A nurse born in East Orange, NJ, Maass died in 1901 as a result
of volunteering for medical experiments to study yellow fever. In
1951, the 50th anniversary of her death, Cuba issued a postage
stamp in her honor to commemorate her work with yellow fever,
once rampant in Cuba. In 1952, Newark German Hospital, where
she had been one of the first graduates, was renamed Clara Maass
Memorial Hospital, and it is now known as Clara Maass Medical
Center. In 1976, the 100th anniversary of her birth, Maass was hon-
ored with a 13 cent United States commemorative stamp. Also in
1976, the American Nurses Association inducted her into its Nursing
Hall of Fame.
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