Lillian Wald, First President of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing

Lillian D. Wald ( 1867 – 1940) was a nurse, social worker, public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher, activist for peace, women's, children's and civil rights and  the founder of what is now called public health or community nursing. Her unselfish devotion to humanity is recognized around the world and her visionary programs have been widely copied. As an advocate for nursing in public schools her ideas led to the New York Board of Health's organizing and running the first public nursing system in the world. She was the first president of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing. Wald established a nursing insurance partnership with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that became a model for many other corporate projects, suggested a national health insurance plan, and helped found Columbia University’s School of Nursing.

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Between 1905 and 1940

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