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Partner Skit: Meet Nurse Alice Scott
Scott: Hello, I’m Nurse Alice Scott, have you heard about me?
Student: Yes I have! You were a multi-talented black nurse who was the second
black Bermudian to graduate from Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing in
the US. What else did you do?
Scott: I started a rest home in my family property and was involved at the
beginning of Sandys Secondary Middle School (though it was known as
Sandys Secondary School then). I also built tennis courts at the nursing
home and started the Somers Isle Lawn Tennis Club. I was part of the
Bermuda Woman Suffrage Society in Bermuda, and once we got the vote
I was one of four women to run for the House of Assembly for the first
time.
Student: Wow. Is there anything you didn’t do?
Scott: Well, I didn’t write a book…
Student: How are you remembered?
Scott: I earned the British Empire Medal and I also have a house named after
me at Sandys Secondary Middle School – Scotts House.
Student: You were incredible Nurse Scott. Thanks to all you did, you are an
inspiration and a role model for all.
Assessment Indicator: Write a poem about Nurse Alice Scott. Don’t forget to include
all the facts you have learned.
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