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Hall of Fame Inductee: Clara Louise Maass - http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/maascl.htm
From the American Nurses Association: Profile of one of the nation's most courageous nurses, Clara Louise Maass lost her life during scientific studies to determine the cause of yellow fever. |
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Mary Eliza Mahoney - http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Mahoney.cfm
A profile of the first African-American professional nurse. |
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Spotlight - Jo Anne Ashley - http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/spotlight.htm
A nurse, author and educator. She was a staunch advocate of the role of nursing in the health field, power in nursing and the historic perspective of nursing. |
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Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine - http://www.edithcavell.org.uk/
Profile of British nurse Edith Cavell who worked in Belgium in World War I. She was arrested for helping allied soldiers to freedom and executed by the German authorities. |
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Linda Richards - http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/richards.htm
Considered America's first trained nurse. A "Women of Courage" profile. |
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Profiles in Caring: Lillian D.Wald - http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-4.html
Biography of the founder of the Henry Street Settlement, the forerunner of the Visiting Nurse Society of New York. |
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Profile - Sophie Mannerheim - http://home.c2i.net/amd/finwomen/mannerheim.htm
A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her. |
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Sally Louisa Tompkins - http://www.civilwarhome.com/tompkinsbio.htm
Opened one of the most successful hospitals during the civil war, returning more of its patients to the ranks than any other medical care facility. She was the only woman to hold a commission in the Confederate States Army. |
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Helen Fairchild - http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_fairchild_bkp
Joined the American Expeditionary Force at the start of the U.S. involvement in World War I. Her wartime letters home provide insight into the hardships and unimaginable conditions combat nurses worked in. |
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Mary Breckinridge - http://nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/WhereWeComeFrom_1/HallofFame/19761982/brecmx5517.aspx
Started the first rural health care system to provide nursing to the neglected people in southeastern Kentucky. |