Born: 12 January 1870, United States
Died: 21 February 1943
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Adah Smith, Adah Belle Samuels
Adah Belle Samuels Thoms was an African-American nurse who co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses and served as president from 1916 to 1923. She was the acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses (New York) and fought for African-Americans to serve as American Red Cross nurses during World War I and later as U.S. Army Nurse Corps nurses starting with the flu epidemic in December 1918. She was one of the first nurses inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame when it was established in 1976.