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Dorthea Dix- She was a Boston School teacher known for helping the mentally ill and helped establish hospitals for them in the 1840’s. In 1861 she became superintendent of Women Nurses for all Military hospitals -
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Linda Richards-In 1873 she graduated from New England Hospital for women and children, becoming American have first trained nurse. She worked at Bellevue and was known for creating a system of patient’s records. -
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Mary Eliza Mahoney- In 1879 she graduated from New England Hospital for women and children. She was the first African American to work as a trained nurse. In 1908 she cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses -
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Clara Barton-. She was an New England school teacher during the war. In the 1881 she During the Spanish- American and Boer War she brought supplies to help support the troops after seeing them suffer. After the war, in 1881 she founded the Red Cross -
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Isabel Hampton Robb- In 1889 she accepted job as principal of John Hopkins training School. Around 1894 she wrote ‘’Nursing Ethics’’ She was known for her contribution of grading students in order to become qualified. -
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Lavinia Doc-After noticing nursing students having a hard time with math and drugs she wrote one of the first nursing textbooks, the’’ Materia Medica’’ in 1890 -
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Margaret Sanger- In 1916 she opened the first birth control clinic in the USA and eventually established Planned Parenthood -
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Anna Goodrich- She was an nurse advocate and educator, helping advance nursing into a profession. In 1918 she was the director of the Army School of Nursing. In 1924 she developed and was Dean of the first Nursing program at Yale University. -
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Mary Breckenridge-Born in Memphis, TN she was a nurse mid-wife. In 1925 she founded the Frontier of Nursing Service. It started out providing healthcare for children in rural communities; the first clinic was opened in KY -
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Virginia Henderson- She was a nurse and theorist. In1929 she was known for her Need theory; patient has biopsychic needs and important and for patient to be able to care for themselves after they go home. She is also famous for her definitions of nursing , ‘’The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual sick or well in performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery time that one would perform unaided if he had necessary strength will or knowledge’’ -
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Ida V. Moffett- Born in Toadvine AL, she was dedicated to caring and providing quality care to patients. In 1941 she was appointed director of two units of Birmingham Baptist and Medical facilities and was director of Baptist Hospital Nursing School. In 1968 the school’s name was changed to Ida V Moffett. -
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Hildegard Peplau- known as ‘’mother of psychiatric nursing’’ She was an advocate for helping the mentally ill. In 1952 she published ‘’ Interpersonal Relations in Nursing’’ She cared about the interpersonal relationship between nurses and patients -
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Dorthea Orem- She was a nursing theorist and began working on the created the self-care deficit nursing theory in in 1958.She wanted to improve the quality of nursing and help the patients be more independent in their care. -
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Martha Rogers- In 1963 edited a journal ‘’Natural Science’’. She developed the science of Unitary Human Beings, and viewed humans as essential with the universe. She also shared the same birthday as Florence Nightingale -
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Madeleine Leininger- She was founder of the transcultural nursing movement in 1974. In 1960’s she took a trip to New Guinea and noticed a need to understand the relationship between a patient and their culture. -
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Jean Watson- Nursing theorist, known for her research, teaching, and patient care. In 1979 she developed the Human Caring Theory
