Open Directory - Health: Nursing: History: Profiles

Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine - 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.
Helen Fairchild - 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.
Linda Richards - Considered America's first trained nurse. A "Women of Courage" profile.
Mary E. Squire - Youngest nurse in Civil War. Newspaper interview of Mrs. Squire from the Sheygoyan Press, October 20, 1915.
Mary Eliza Mahoney - A profile of the first African-American professional nurse.
Profile - Jane Delano: Innovator in Nursing - A pioneer in the American Red Cross Nursing Service.
Profile - Sophie Mannerheim - A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her.
Profiles in Caring: Lillian D.Wald - Biography of the founder of the Henry Street Settlement, the forerunner of the Visiting Nurse Society of New York.
Sally Louisa Tompkins - 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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