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137:. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hunter Wyche. Wyche had multiple siblings which included six sisters. While she was a young woman, she wanted to become a nurse but was prevented by family commitments and there being no nursing schools in North Carolina in that period. Wyche graduated from Henderson College in 1889, and taught in the institution's primary department during her studies. After her graduation, she moved to
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181:'s Watts Hospital. Wyche remained in the position for the next ten years. In 1907, she was made the North Carolina State Nurses Association's life honorary president. Wyche served as secretary-treasurer of the first Board of Examiners for Trained Nurses, which she served for six years. She, along with Raleigh-based resident Birdie Dunn, established a home for tubercular nurses in
169:, in the spring of 1901, she returned to Raleigh with the determination to establish a statewide nursing organization, focusing on nursing registration and legislative advocacy to improve nursing and the care of patients. Wyche sent postcards to all of Raleigh's nurses in a two-week period, requesting them to attend a foundation meeting of the Raleigh Nurses Association.
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