Pictured Above: Rita Chow and Yaye Togasaki-Breitenbach Two trail-blazing nurses, Rita K. Chow, EdD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, AHN-BC (ret.), HSGAHN, and Irene Trowell-Harris, EdD, RN, Maj Gen USAF (ret.), together have served more than a century as nurses. As nurses of color, and as women in the male-dominated military, both faced ample professional challenges, yet…
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