Nurses Leaders of the 20th Century

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Mary Grant Seacole

Worked together with Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War to give aid to the wounded soldiers. (1854)

Florence Nightingale

Referred to as the “Lady with the Lamp”. Contributed to the development of nursing education, practice and administration. (1859)

Harriet Tubman

“The Moses of Her People”. She served the slaves of the underground railroad during the civil war. (186-1865)

Dorothea Lynde Dix

She was a teacher and reformer of mental hospitals who, at the outbreak of war, was charged with recruitment of nurses and supervision of nursing activities. (1861)

Louisa May Alcott

Wrote the book “Hospital Sketches” as she describes the works of Volunteer nurses during the Civil War.

Walt Whitman

1819-1892 A poet who worked as a volunteer nurse in a union military hospital in Washington DC. He memorized the work of wartime nurses in the care of wounded soldiers in his poem.

Sojourner Truth

1883 Worked as a nurse during the Civil War and a nurse counselor for the Freedman’s Relief Association

Mary Ann “Mother” Bickerdyke

1817-1901 She is renowned for her work in founding, cleaning and sanitizing Union military hospitals.

Jean Henri Dunant

1828 -1910 Organized the International Conference that founded the Red Cross during the Geneva Convention.

Lucy Osborne

1836 -1891 Developed Australia’s first school for Nurses after training in St. Thomas Hospital under the Supervision of Nightingale when she became Superintendent at Sydney Hospital

Linda Richards

1873 America’s first trained nurse

Mary Mahoney

1879 America’s first trained black nurse

Clara Barton

1812-1912 Organized and established American Red Cross

Mary Agnes Snively

1884 Developed the Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing and was first president of the Canadian Nurses Association

Lilian Wald

1867-1940 Founder of Public Health Nursing. She also founded the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting nurse Service Bedford Fenwick 1899 Established the International Council of nurses in Great Britain

Bedford Fenwick

1899 Established the International Council of nurses in Great Britain

Clara Louise Mass

1876-1901 Worked as contract nurse with the US Army during the Spanish-American War.

Margaret Higgins Sanger

1879-1966 Founder of Planned Parenthood which initiated and disseminated the use of birth control information

Lavinia Dock

1858-1956 In 1920, she contributed in the 19th Amendment of the American Constitution, particularly in the protest for the rights of women during her time.

Eddie Bernice Johnson

1992 The first nurse to be elected at the US House of Representatives

Julia Plotnick

1992 Served as the Chief Nurse Officer Rear Admiral and became an active leader in policy coordination for the US Surgeon General.

Ada Sue Hinshaw

1993 Directed the National Center for Nursing Research to become the International Institute for Nursing Research under the National Institutes for Health.

Mary Breckinridge

1881-1965 Established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) which started at Leslie County, Kentucky. She also opened one of the first midwifery training schools during the time.

Dr. Lauranne Sams

1971 Served as the first President of the National Black Nurses Association.

M. Lucille Kinlein

1972 First independent nurse practioner.

Dr. Ildaura Maurillo-Rohde

1974 Served as the first president of the National Hispanic Nurses Association.