Unknown, 1862- Dorothea Dix, Appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses, Library of Congress, Unknown
A noted social reformer, Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War. The soft spoken yet autocratic crusader had…
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American Red Cross, A Word of Thanks, American Red Cross, 1941-1945
In this poster, the American Red Cross offers its sincere gratitude to the public for their volunteer and financial contributions. The American…
Tags: American Red Cross, Blood, Blood Drive, Nursing, Posters, Volunteerism
WV Broadcasting, Colonel Ruby Bradley - US Army Nurse, WV Broadcasting, 1941
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Tags: Colonel Ruby Bradley, Korean War, Military Service, Nursing, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Women, World War II
Library of Congress, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Activist, Library of Congress, None
Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802 – 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state…
Tags: Activist, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Mental Health, Nursing, Women
Ray Cameron, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, 1912, 1920
The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…
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Wikimedia Commons, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, Unknown
Library of Congress, Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Library of Congress, 1910
Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. Henry Wadsworth…
Tags: Crimean War, Florence Nightingale, London, Nursing, Women
Harris & Ewing, Lillian Wald, First President of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, Library of Congress, Between 1905 and 1940
Lillian D. Wald ( 1867 – 1940) was a nurse, social worker, public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher, activist for peace, women's,…
Tags: Health Insurance, Lillian Wald, NOPHN, Nursing, Women
U.S. Postal Service, Mary Breckinridge, Nurse, The Smithsonian National Postal Museum , 1998
Mary Breckinridge was an American nurse-midwife and the founder of the New Model of Rural Health Care & Frontier Nursing Service. She started family…
Tags: Healthcare, Mary Breckinridge, Nursing, Public Health, Rural Healthcare
Unknown, Mary Eliza Mahoney, First African American Nurse 1845-1926, HCR Home Care, Late 1800s
Mary Mahoney was the first African-American woman to study and work as professionally trained nurse. Born in Massachusetts, she was a hospital worker…
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