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 Adah Belle Samuel Thoms Description: A crusader for equal opportunities for blacks in nursing. She was one of the first to recognize a new field for nursing, public health. (nursingworld.org) |
| Aunt Lizzie Aiken from Peoria Description: Excerpt of a memorial book written in 1906 describing Mrs. Aiken services to the soldiers at Shawneetown in 1861. (history.alliancelibrarysystem.com) |
| Edith Cavell Description: A British nurse executed during the First World War. A statue in St. Martin's Place, just off London's Trafalgar Square, bears the words, 'Humanity, Fortitude, Devotion, Sacrifice'--fitting tributes to the life she led. Authored by Abraham Unger, M.D. (womenshistory.about.com) |
| Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine Description: 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. (edithcavell.org.uk) |
| Florence Guinness Blake Description: Inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame in 1996. A distinguished pediatric nurse who strove to advance education in pediatric nursing. (nursingworld.org) |
| Hall of Fame Inductee: Clara Louise Maass Description: 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. (nursingworld.org) |
| Leaders of the American Red Cross Description: Profiles of founder Clara Barton and subsequent leaders of the organization. (redcross.org) |
| Linda Richards Description: Considered America's first trained nurse. A "Women of Courage" profile. (northnet.org) |
| Louisa Maertz Description: Profile: Louisa Maertz, 1837-1918, an untrained United States Civil War nurse. (history.alliancelibrarysystem.com) |
| Mary Eliza Mahoney Description: A profile of the first African-American professional nurse. (bridgew.edu) |
| Military Nurses of Canada Description: A profile of The Lady Nelson - a Canadian hospital ship. An excerpt from Volume II of the Military Nurses of Canada. Ruth (Littlejohn) McIlrath's recollections of the army nurses who had staffed this ship during the war. (addison.ca) |
| Mother of the Union Army Description: The story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke, who delivered supplies from her church to a medical camp in Illinois, and stayed to nurse the sick and wounded for four years and nineteen battles. [Requires paid subscription.] (cwipremium.com) |
| Nurse Edith Cavell Description: In 1914, she harbored allied soldiers from behind the Germans lines. Story By Peter Clowes for Military History magazine. (womenshistory.about.com) |
| Profile - Jane Delano: Innovator in Nursing Description: A pioneer in the American Red Cross Nursing Service. (redcross.org) |
| Profile - Sophie Mannerheim Description: A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her. (home.c2i.net) |
| Profiles in Caring: Lillian D.Wald Description: Biography of the founder of the Henry Street Settlement, the forerunner of the Visiting Nurse Society of New York. (nahc.org) |
| Sally Louisa Tompkins Description: 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. (civilwarhome.com) |
| Spotlight - Jo Anne Ashley Description: 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. (nursing.upenn.edu) |
