-
Dix, Dorothea
Early US nursing pioneer-predecessor & contemporary of Florence Nightingale
Strong advocate for the mentally ill & for prisoners
Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses
In 1843, she asked the MA legislature for reforms to end the inhumane conditions of the mentally ill -
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
Known as "Mother Bickerdyke" to thousands of Union soldiers, 1861
Famous for her ability to run army field hospitals
The only woman allowed in Sherman's camps -
Richards, Linda
America's 1st trained nurse, 1873
Her diploma is in the archives of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC
Created the 1st system of charting individual medical records for each patient -
Mahoney, Mary E
1st Black professional nurse in America, 1879
Strong supporter of the establishment of the National Assoc of Colored Graduate Nurses, 1909
Director of the Howard Orphan Asylum in New York, 1911
Advocate of women's right to vote -
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross, 1881
Known as "the angel of the battlefield" during the Civil War
First accomplishments were as a respected & successful school teacher -
Dock, Lavinia
Advocate of legislation to control nursing practice
Outstanding contributor to nursing literature
ANA Hall of Fame Inductee, 1976
Author of one of the 1st nursing textbooks, Materia Medica for Nurses,1890 -
Wald, Lillian
Founded the Visiting Nurses Service, 1893
Founder of the Henry Street Settlement (Lower East Side, NY) 1895
Champion of Public Health nursing
Influential leader in city, state, & national politics -
Nutting, Mary A
World's 1st professor of nursing, Teachers College at Columbia University, NY, 1907
Head of the Dept of Nursing & Health at Teachers College, 1910-1925
Honored for her outstanding contributions to nursing & nursing education -
Robb, Isabel Hampton
ANA's first president, 1911
ANA Hall of Fame Inductee, 1976
The nursing profession's prime mover in organizing at the national level -
Sanger, Margaret
Advocate of birth control & women's health
Founded the National Birth Control League, 1914
Set up the 1st birth control clinic in the US, 1916
Helped organize the 1st World Population Conference in Geneva, 1927 -
Henderson, Virginia
Graduated from the Army School of Nursing, 1921
The "First Lady" of Nursing
1st full-time nursing instructor in Virginia
Pushed for the inclusion of psychiatric nursing in educational programs in Virginia -
Goodrich, Annie
The first Dean of Yale School of Nursing (1923-1934). She obtained her nursing education at New York Hospital & received her RN in 1892. She also received the Yale Medal for "Outstanding Service to Yale" in 1953. -
Breckinridge, Mary
Established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in the Appalachian Mtns of KY, 1925
FNS staff started the American Assoc of Nurse-Midwives, 1929
Recognized as "the first to bring nurse-midwifery to the US" -
Moffett, Ida V
Lifelong champion of compassionate care
Advocated constant contact w/patients thru gentle words & comforting touch
Advocated nursing professionalism & advanced academic training
The Ida V Moffett School of Nursing named for her at Samford Univ; Birmingham, AL
Appointed to the US Surgeon General's Consulting Group on Nursing, 1961
Led the implementation of legislation which led to licensure for practical nurses, 1945
Appointed to the Alabama State Board of Nurses' Examiners & Registration, 1946 -
Harvey, Lillian H
Initiated the 1st baccalaureate degree in nursing program in AL-Tuskegee Institute, 1948
Advanced the cause of black nurses & the nursing profession
Dean of the Tuskegee Institue Nursing School, 1948-1973 -
Peplau, Hildegard
Known as the "mother of psychiatric nursing"
The only nurse to serve the ANA as executive director & later as president
Published her book "Interpersonal Relations in Nursing" in 1952 -
Roger, Martha
Theorist-"Science of Unitary Man", 1970
Editor, Nursing Science journal, c1963
Founder/Executive Director of the 1st Visiting Nurse Service in Phoenix, AZ -
Leininger, Madeleine
Foundress of the worldwide Transcultural Nursing movement, 1974
Theorist-developed the Cultural Care Diversity & Universality theory
One of nursing's most prolific writers -
Watson, Jean
Nursing Theorist-"The Philosophy & Science of Caring", published 1979
Professor of Nursing & former Dean of the School of Nursing at the Univ of Colorado
Founder of the Center for Human Caring -
Orem, Dorothea
Nursing Theorist who developed "Orem's Self-Care Model", 1980
Continues to be active in theory development
Completed the 6th edition of Nursing: Concepts of Practice, publ by Mosby in Jan 2001
