Elizabeth Tyler Barringer is an icon and leading figure in public healthcare due to her work as part of the first generation of Black nurses. She received her training at Freedmen’s Hospital Training School for Nurses and the Lincoln School for Nurses, and in 1906, she was hired as the first Black visiting nurse by Lillian Wald, founder of The Henry Street Nursing Settlement in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. During her time at the settlement, she treated the high tuberculosis mortality rates prevalent in Black communities. After her time at The Henry Street Nursing Settlement, Barringer established her own practice, the Stillman House Settlement practice, in the San Juan Hill neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side. There, she continued to treat the underserved Black community that faced institutional racism and discrimination. In addition to treating patients afflicted with tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, Barringer and fellow Black public health nurses provided education and other social services to the community. Barringer’s legacy remains as she is remembered as a leading force that provided health care to the underserved Black community in New York City in the early 20th century.