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Profiles In NursingIsabel Hampton Robb (1859–1910), Founding President of the ANAShe brought rigor and standards to nursing educationThe first president of what is now the American Nurses Association (ANA), Isabel Adams Hampton Robb was also an important innovator in American nursing education. She spearheaded a movement to transform nursing schools from hospital training programs into...
FeatureThe Many Lessons of “Call the Midwife”The popular BBC series, set in mid-century London, continues to instruct and inspire modern nursesFirst aired in 2012, “Call the Midwife” is a BBC period drama, shown in the U.S. on PBS, that follows groups of newly qualified nurse midwives living at Nonnatus House, an Anglican convent in London’s East End in the late 1950s. The storyline of...
Profiles In NursingSarah Edmonds Seelye a.k.a. Frank Thompson (1841–1898)A master of disguise, this Civil War nurse went undercover as a Union spyAlthough during the Civil War it was possible to pay someone else to serve for you in the Army, some people — including about 400 women — used subterfuge and even disguises to enter military service. One of those adventuresome women was Sarah Edmonds...

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FeatureWartime Nursing PostersHow depictions of nurses shaped public sentiment towards warPosters have punch. They have color. And, where they depict nurses and nursing, they provide an important historical record of the many changes that have taken place since Florence Nightingale first tried to bring respectability to a once disreputable...
Feature250 Years of Black Nursing History­­­The inspiring stories of nurses whose “firsts” changed the nationDespite centuries of slavery, segregation, systemic inequality, and prejudice — including being denied entry into nursing schools and organizations — Black nurses have made great contributions to our profession. In this article, we’re spotlighting...
Profiles In NursingLinda Richards (1841–1930), The First Graduate of America’s First Nursing SchoolAfter graduating from the inaugural class of America’s first professional nurse training program, Linda Richards made remarkable reforms to nursing education and practice: improving hospital lighting, creating the first charting system, and establishing...

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Profiles In NursingNursing in the Wild WestThe true tales of Calamity Jane and Nellie CashmanIt may be difficult to believe today, but there was a time when nurses suffered a dubious reputation. While the nuns who founded nursing orders and hospitals were seen as ministering angels, lay nursing was seldom considered a respectable profession, and...
Profiles In NursingRose Hawthorne Lathrop (1851–1926), Cancer Nurse and Candidate for SainthoodOncology nurse and candidate for sainthoodThe youngest child of famed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop was born into a wealthy New England family with literary and political connections. A series of tragedies led her to relinquish the comforts of privilege to become an...
Profiles In NursingMary Seacole (1805–1881), Crimean War MemoiristHer bestselling book inspired the British public and Royal FamilyA multiracial lay nurse and businesswoman from Kingston, Jamaica, Mary Seacole created a life for herself that defied the stereotypes of her time and built a memorable legacy on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Growing up in Jamaica Born Mary Grant...

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