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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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Profile - Jane Delano: Innovator in Nursing - http://www.redcross.org/museum/registry/profile.asp?id=745
A pioneer in the American Red Cross Nursing Service. |
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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. |
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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. |