Josephine Aloyse Dolan (1913-2004) was a historian and educator who served as the first full-time professor of
nursing at the
University of Connecticut's School of Nursing.
In additional to her teaching responsibilities, Dolan was a historian who collected nursing documents, artifacts, and ephemera, which she donated to the School of Nursing in 1996 to establish the Dolan Collection of Nursing History. After Dolan died, the collection was co-curated by her friend and colleague
Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, who died in 2012.
Dolan earned her nursing diploma from St. John's Hospital in
Lowell, Massachusetts in 1935. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from
Boston University in 1942 and 1950. She received honorary doctoral degrees from
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Providence, Rhode Island. The college was established in 1854 as the Rhode Island State Normal School, making it the second oldest institution of higher education in Rhode Island after Brown Uni ...
in 1974 and from
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
in 1987.
Dolan also served on the board of directors for several
professional associations, including the
National League for Nursing.
She received the League's first Distinguished Service Award in 1972 and was inducted into the
American Nurses Association Hall of Fame
The American Nurses Association Hall of Fame or the ANA Hall of Fame is an award which recognizes the historical contributions to nursing in the United States.
History
In 1974, in preparation for the United States Bicentennial, the American Nurse ...
in 2012. The Connecticut Nurses Association has awarded the Josephine A. Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education since 1980. Dolan authored the seminal textbook, ''Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective''.
References
External links
Finding aid for the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of Nursing History- Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library
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Finding aid for the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of Nursing History - Archives and Manuscripts Department, Boston College Library
Homepage for the Dolan Collection- the University of Connecticut's School of Nursing
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Nursing in Society: A Historical Perspective' - WorldCat record
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American nurses
American women nurses
American nursing educators
1913 births
2004 deaths
Nursing theorists
Nursing researchers
Boston University School of Nursing alumni
University of Connecticut faculty
20th-century American historians
20th-century American women writers
American women historians