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History of nursing The word "nurse" originally came from the Latin word "nutrire", meaning to suckle, referring to a wet-nurse; only in the late 16th century did it attain its modern meaning of a person who cares for the infirm. From the earliest times most cultu ...

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Timeline of nursing history Prior to the 16th century * 1–500 AD (approximately) – Nursing care palliative needs of persons and families. Religious organizations were the care providers. * 55 AD – Phoebe was nursing history's Christian first nurse and most noted de ...

. For nurses in art, film and literature see

list of fictional nurses This is a list of fictional nurses, consisting of nurses having significant roles in notable fictional works. Fictional nurses A * Haleh Adams from the television series '' ER'' * Terri Alden from the situation comedy ''Three's Company'' * ...

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Lady Harriet Acland Lady Harriet Acland (née Fox-Strangways; 3 January 175021 July 1815) was a British noblewoman and diarist. She accompanied her husband to British North America and became celebrated for her personal courage. She is commemorated on one of the bron ...

(1750-1815), British noblewoman * Saint Alda (died c. 1309), Italian Catholic

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* Moyra Allen (1921-1996), helped develop the McGill Model of Nursing *

Allen Allensworth Allen Allensworth (7 April 1842 – 14 September 1914) was an American chaplain, colonel, city founder, and theologian. Born into slavery in Kentucky, he escaped during the American Civil War by joining the 44th Illinois Volunteers as a Union s ...

(1842-1914) famous African-American

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

soldier who started as a nurse *Sir

Jonathan Asbridge Sir Jonathan Elliott Asbridge is an English nurse who was the first president of the UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council and a registrant member for England (Nursing). His first introduction to the caring profession was as a St John Ambulance Cadet ...

was the first president of the UK's

Nursing and Midwifery Council The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the regulator for nursing and midwifery professions in the UK. The NMC maintains a register of all nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses and nursing associates eligible to prac ...

Charles Atangana Charles Atangana (c. 1880 – 1 September 1943), also known by his birth name, Ntsama, and his German name, Karl, was the paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bane ethnic groups during much of the colonial period in Cameroon. Although from an un ...

(1880-1943), paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bane in Cameroon *

Martha Ballard Martha Moore Ballard (February 9, 1735 – June 9, 1812) was an American midwife and healer. Unusually for the time, Ballard kept a diary with thousands of entries over nearly three decades, which has provided historians with invaluable insi ...

(1735-1812), American frontier midwife, great-aunt of

Clara Barton Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very ...

Nita Barrow Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995) was the first female governor-general of Barbados. Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 ...

(1916 - 1995), 5th

Governor-General of Barbados The governor-general of Barbados was the representative of the Barbadian monarch from independence in 1966 until the establishment of a republic in 2021. Under the government's Table of Precedence for Barbados, the governor-general of Barbados ...

who started as a nurse midwife and public health educator *

Ann A. Bernatitus Ann Agnes Bernatitus (21 January 1912 – 3 March 2003) was a United States Navy nurse who served during World War II. She was the first American recipient of the Legion of Merit. Career Ann Bernatitus was appointed as Ensign in the Navy Nurse Co ...

(1912-2003), one of the

Angels of Bataan The Angels of Bataan (also known as the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" and "The Battling Belles of Bataan") were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at ...

— USN nurses in the Philippines in WW2 *

(1821-1912), organized the

American Red Cross The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. It is the desi ...

Christine Beasley Dame Christine Joan Beasley, (born 13 June 1944, in Essex, England) is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator. Career Beasley was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She began training in 1962 at the R ...

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 1944), Chiefing Nursing Officer for England * Irene L. Beland (1906-2000), American nursing educator, author of ''Clinical Nursing: Pathophysiological and Psychosocial Approaches'' *

Claire Bertschinger Dame Claire Bertschinger, DBE, DL (born 1953) is an Anglo-Swiss nurse and advocate on behalf of suffering people in the developing world. Her work in Ethiopia in 1984 inspired Band Aid and subsequently Live Aid, the biggest relief programme ev ...

Swiss-British nurse who inspired the Band Aid charity movement *

Mary Ann Bickerdyke Mary Ann Bickerdyke (July 19, 1817 – November 8, 1901), also known as Mother Bickerdyke, was a hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the American Civil War and a lifelong advocate for veterans. She was responsible for establishing 3 ...

(1817-1901), nurse during the

known as "Mother Bickerdyke" *

Florence Blake Florence Guinness Blake (November 30, 1907 - September 12, 1983) was an American nurse, professor and writer who made significant contributions to pediatric nursing and to family-centered nursing care. Blake wrote her classic text, ''The Child, Hi ...

(1907-1983), American pediatric nursing professor and author * Florence A. Blanchfield (1884-1971), superintendent of the

United States Army Nurse Corps The United States Army Nurse Corps (USANC) was formally established by the U.S. Congress in 1901. It is one of the six medical special branches (or "corps") of officers which – along with medical enlisted soldiers – comprise the Army Medical ...

Cecilia Blomqvist Cecilia Blomqvist (8 September 1845, Björneborg - 7 December 1910, Helsinki), known as ''Sister Cecilia'', was a Finnish deaconess. In 1877, she became the first deaconess in Finland and a pioneer in her profession. She is mentioned along with Auro ...

(1845-1890), Finnish deaconess * Angela Boškin (1885-1977), first professionally trained Slovenian nurse and social worker in Yugoslavia *

Hilda Bowen Hilda Bowen, MBE (12 October 1923 – 20 March 2002) was a Bahamian nurse. Graduating with a degree in ophthalmic nursing and midwifery, she became the first Bahamian trained nurse. In 1962, she was the first Bahamian to become matron of the p ...

(1923-2002), credited with establishing the modern nursing profession in

The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

Jo Brand Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on '' Saturd ...

(born 1957), British nurse-turned-comedian *

Elsa Brändström Elsa Brändström (26 March 1888 – 4 March 1948) was a Swedish nurse and philanthropist. She was known as the "Angel of Siberia" (german: Engel von Sibirien). Life and commitment Elsa Brändström was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ...

(1888-1948), Swedish

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Red Cross The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million Volunteering, volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure re ...

nurse in

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

Mary Carson Breckinridge Mary Carson Breckinridge (February 17, 1881 – May 16, 1965) was an American nurse midwife and the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), which provided comprehensive family medical care to the mountain people of rural Kentucky. FNS s ...

(1881-1965), founder of the

Frontier Nursing Service The Frontier Nursing Service was founded in 1925 by Mary Breckinridge and provides healthcare services to rural, underserved populations and educates nurse-midwives. The Service maintains six rural healthcare clinics in eastern Kentucky, the Ma ...

Vera Brittain Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir ''Testament of Youth'' recounted her experiences during the First ...

(1893-1970), WWI nurse *

Mary Francis Bridgeman Mother Mary Francis Bridgeman R.S.M. (1813 – 11 February 1888) was a nun with the Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women, founded in Ireland by Catherine McAuley and a pioneer nurse during the Crimean War of 18 ...

(1813-1888), nun and Crimean War nurse * Ellen Johanne Broe (1900-1994) Danish nurse and nursing educator *

Anna Broms Anna Broms (1862–1890), was a Finnish educator and a pioneer within the nursing profession in Finland. In 1889, she became the first principal of the first education courses for nurses in Finland and a pioneer in her profession. Anna Broms studie ...

(1862-1890), first trained nurse in Finland *

Viola Davis Brown Viola Davis Brown (April 8, 1936 – December 22, 2017) born in Lexington, Kentucky, was a participant in the civil rights movement with contributions to public health and medical education in Kentucky. Personal life and education Viola Davis is ...

(1936–2017), first African-American to lead a state office of public health nursing in the United States * Abraão José Bueno (born 1977), Brazilian nurse and serial killer. * Carrie E. Bullock (1887-1962), African American nurse *

Vivian Bullwinkel Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham, ( Bullwinkel; 18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fe ...

(1915-2000), lone survivor of the

Banka Island Massacre The Bangka Island massacre (also spelled Banka Island massacre) was the killing of unarmed Australian nurses and wounded Allied soldiers on Bangka Island, east of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago on 16 February 1942. Shortly after the o ...

, celebrated by the Australian Service Nurses Memorial * Elizabeth Burchill (1904-2003) was an Australian nurse, philanthropist and author *

Betsi Cadwaladr Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr''Welsh National Heroes'' by Alun Roberts, Y Lolfa, 2002 and Betsi Davis, was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) and later nursed in ...

(1789-1860),

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

nurse who worked alongside

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during t ...

in the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

Amanda Cajander Mathilda Fredrika "Amanda" Cajander, née Nygren (10 January 1827 – 23 February 1871), was a Finnish deaconess and a pioneer within medical care in Finland. Life Cajander married the doctor Anders Cajander in 1848 and had two children. In 1 ...

, (1827-1871), pioneer in the education of

deaconess The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a usually non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Orthodox churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women, and which may carry a limited ...

es and nursing in Finland * Maude E. Callen (1898-1990), American 20th century nurse-midwife * Vice Admiral Richard Carmona (born 1949),

Surgeon General of the United States The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. Th ...

*Dr Peter Carter OBE, British nurse and general secretary of the

Royal College of Nursing The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is a registered trade union in the United Kingdom for those in the profession of nursing. It was founded in 1916, receiving its royal charter in 1928. Queen Elizabeth II was the patron until her death in 2022. ...

* Anne Casey, New Zealand-born pediatric British nurse who developed Casey's model of nursing *

Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell ( ; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Be ...

(1865-1915), heroine of

Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess) Anna Maria Cederschiöld (20 November 1815 in Växjö - 7 January 1892 in Lund) was a Swedish noble deaconess and nurse. She was a pioneer in the education of deaconesses and nursing in Sweden, and the first head of the first Deaconess institution ...

(1815-1892), pioneer in the education of

es and nursing in Sweden * Ellen Christensen (1913–1998), Danish nurse and resistance fighter * Luther Christman (1915-2011), first male dean of a U.S. nursing program; established the Rush model of nursing *Dame

June Clark June Clark may refer to: * June Clark (nurse) (born 1941), British nurse, educator, and academic * June Clark (artist) (born 1941), Canadian artist * June Clark (musician) (1900–1963), American jazz trumpeter and cornetist * June Clark (bowls) (b ...

(born 1941), Professor at University of Swansea *

Louise Conring Louise Martine Laurette Conring (1824–1891) was a Danish superintendent, hospital inspector, deaconess and nurse. Charged by Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Princess Louise to investigate the Deaconess Institutes in Germany, Sweden and France with a view ...

(1824–1891), first trained nurse in Denmark, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute *

Lady Diana Cooper Diana, Viscountess Norwich (née Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners; 29 August 1892 – 16 June 1986) was an English actress and aristocrat who was a well-known social figure in London and Paris. As a young woman, she moved in a celebrat ...

, prominent social figure in London and Paris, widely acknowledged as the beauty of the century *

Cubah Cornwallis Cubah Cornwallis (died 1848) (often spelled Coubah, Couba, Cooba or Cuba) was a nurse or "doctress" and Obeah woman who lived in the colony of Jamaica during the late 18th and 19th century. Early life Little is known of her early life although re ...

(died 1848), Jamaican nurse and "doctoress" who treated

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

and

William IV William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...

when they were stationed in the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...

. * Paul Crawford (born 1963), pioneer of the field of

health humanities Health humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study that draws on aspects of the arts and humanities in its approach to health care, health and well-being. It involves the application of the creative or fine arts (including visual arts, music ...

* Evelyn May Cridlan (1889–1961), British nurse and ambulance driver in the First World War *

Harriet Patience Dame Harriet Patience Dame (January 5, 1815 – April 24, 1900) was a prominent nurse in the American Civil War. Her portrait hangs in the New Hampshire State House. Early life Dame was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire (or North Barnstead) to James C ...

(1815-1900), nurse during the American Civil War, served with the

2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment was the longest-serving volunteer regiment of the State of New Hampshire in the American Civil War. Service The 2nd New Hampshire was organized in early 1861 and mustered on June 4, 1861. The 2nd NH fought fro ...

. *

Grace Ebun Delano Grace Ebun Delano (born 13 November 1935, in Kaduna) is a nurse and midwife who has played a key role in pioneering family planning and reproductive health services in Nigeria. She co-founded the Association for Reproductive and Family Health of wh ...

(born 1935), pioneer of reproductive health services in Nigeria *

Jane Delano Jane Arminda Delano (March 12, 1862 in Montour Falls, New York – April 15, 1919 in Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France) was a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service. Personal life A descendant of one of the first settlers to ...

(1862-1919), founder of the

American Red Cross Nursing Service The American Red Cross Nursing Service was organized in 1909 by Jane Arminda Delano (1862-1919). A nurse and member of the American Red Cross, Delano organized the nursing service as the reserve of the Army Nurse Corps to be ready just before the ...

* Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1870-1941) founded the Saint-Camille Nursing School and directed the Élisabeth Hospital in Poperinge during World War I *

Edith DeVoe Edith DeVoe (October 24, 1921 – November 17, 2000) was an American nurse. She was the second black woman admitted to serve in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II, was the first black nurse to be admitted to the regular Navy, ...

(1921-2000) 1st African-American nurse to serve in the regular Navy,

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and

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nurse *

Marion Dewar Marion Hilda Dewar, (February 17, 1928 – September 15, 2008) was a prominent member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 1988. Early life Dewar ...

(1928–2008), mayor of

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

and a member of the Parliament *

Louise Dietrich A. Louise Dietrich (November 17, 1878 - January 22, 1962) was an American nurse, activist and suffragist who was based in El Paso, Texas. Dietrich came to El Paso in 1902 and stayed to help with the typhoid fever epidemic. In El Paso, she started t ...

(1878-1962), suffragist and nurse in Texas *

Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802July 17, 1887) was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first gene ...

(1802-1887), superintendent of Army Nurses during the

* Josephine Dolan (1913-2004), nursing historian and educator at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington Dorothy Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, GBE, DStJ (née Warwick, 29 August 1921 – 4 October 2003), previously known as Dame Mary Donaldson, was the first female Lord Mayor of London (1983–84). Born at Wickham, Hampshi ...

(1921-2003),

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...

Sister Dora Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, better known as Sister Dora (16 January 1832 – 24 December 1878), was a 19th-century Anglican nun and nurse who worked in Walsall, Staffordshire. Life Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison was born in Hauxwell, North Ridin ...

(1832-1878), British 19th century nurse *

Ellen Dougherty Ellen Dougherty (20 September 1844 – 3 November 1919), a New Zealand nurse, was the first Registered Nurse in the world. Biography Ellen Dougherty was born at Cutters Bay, Port Underwood, New Zealand. Ellen was inspired to be a nurse afte ...

(1844-1919), first

Registered Nurse A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated or successfully passed a nursing program from a recognized nursing school and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar government-authorized licensing body to o ...

Rosalie Dreyer Rosalie Dreyer (3 September 1895 – 21 May 1987) was a Swiss-born naturalised British nurse and administrator. Immigrating to England at the age of eighteen, she trained as a nurse in London and worked her way through the ranks to become matron, ...

(1895-1987) Swiss-born, naturalized British nurse and administrator who led the conversion from a volunteer service to the profession of nursing in Britain *

Diane Duane Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland. Her works include the ''Young Wizards'' young adult fantasy series and the '' Rihannsu'' Star Trek novels. Biography Born in New York ...

(born 1952) American science fiction and fantasy author

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Sarah Emma Edmundson Sarah Emma Edmonds (born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondson, married name Seelye, alias Franklin Flint Thompson; December 1841 – September 5, 1898) was a Canadian-born woman who claimed to have served as a man with the Union Army as a nurse and spy du ...

(1841-1898), Canadian-American author who served with the

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

in the

* Victoria Joyce Ely (1889-1979), Florida's first licensed midwife. Conducted training programs for midwives in the state *

Queen Fabiola of Belgium Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mothe ...

(1928–2014) *

Saint Fabiola Fabiola was a nurse (physician) and Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of the Church father Jerome, gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted themselves to the practice of Christian asceticism and ch ...

(died 399) *

Helen Fairchild Helen Fairchild (November 21, 1885 – January 18, 1918) was an American nurse who served as part of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and who became known for her wartime letters to her family in the U.S., which vividly de ...

(1885-1918),

nurse * Florence Farmborough (1887-1978), British nurse who kept diaries of her service during World War I as a

nurse with the

Imperial Russian The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The ...

army * Ainna Fawcett-Henesy, former Regional Adviser on Nursing and Midwifery for Europe for WHO *

Ethel Gordon Fenwick Ethel Gordon Fenwick (née Manson; 26 January 1857 – 13 March 1947) was a British nurse who played a major role in the History of Nursing in the United Kingdom. She campaigned to procure a nationally recognised certificate for nursing, to saf ...

(1856-1947), British nurse who campaigned for a law limiting nursing to "registered" nurses only *

Erna Flegel Erna Flegel (11 July 1911 – 16 February 2006) was a German nurse. In late April 1945 she worked at the emergency casualty station at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, and was one of the final occupants of the '' Führerbunker'' before she was ca ...

(1911-2006),

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

's nurse * Alma E. Foerster (1885-1967), American nurse who served in

, received the

Florence Nightingale Medal The Florence Nightingale Medal is an international award presented to those distinguished in nursing and named after British nurse Florence Nightingale. The medal was established in 1912 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), f ...

(1920) and then worked in the

United States Public Health Service The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions. The Assistant S ...

Elizabeth Warham Forster Elizabeth Warham Forster (23 December 1886– 1 January 1972) was an American nurse, who served on the Navajo Reservation, as a public health nurse for the tribe. She was innovative in that she encouraged the Navajo to use their traditional heal ...

(1886-1972), American nurse who served the

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...

and advocated for their retention of traditional medicine practices *

Michiko Fujiwara was a Japanese nurse and politician. She initially campaigned for her husband, the politician Kenji Yamazaki, but when he returned from the war with a new wife and child she ran against him. She defeated him as a candidate from the Socialist Pa ...

(1900-1983), Japanese nurse who later became a politician *

Genevieve de Galard Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre an ...

, French nurse during the French war in

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Nelly Garzón Alarcón Nelly Garzón Alarcón (March 8, 1932 – April 17, 2019) was a Colombian nurse and teacher, recognized as the first Latin American nurse to be president of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). In her day, she was one of the Colombian women ...

(1932-2019), Colombian nurse, teacher; first Latin American nurse to be president of the International Council of Nurses *

Eliza George Elizabeth "Eliza" George (October 20, 1808 – May 9, 1865), nicknamed "Mother George" by the Union army soldiers under her care, served the final two-and-a-half years of her life as a volunteer nurse in the South during the American Civil War. I ...

(1808–1865), American Civil War nurse *

Abigail Hopper Gibbons Abigail Hopper Gibbons, née Abigail Hopper (December 7, 1801 – January 16, 1893) was an American abolitionist, schoolteacher, and social welfare activist. She assisted in founding and led several nationally known societies for social reform ...

(1801-1893),

abolitionist Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The British ...

activist during the American Civil War * Helen L. Gilson (1836-1868),

nurse *

Marjory Gordon Marjory Gordon (Cleveland, November 10, 1931 – Massachusetts, April 29, 2015) was a nursing theorist and professor who created a nursing assessment theory known as Gordon's functional health patterns. Gordon served in 1973 as the first presid ...

, nursing theorist and professor who created a

nursing assessment Nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient's physiological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual status by a licensed Registered Nurse. Nursing assessment is the first step in the nursing process. A section of the nur ...

theory known as

Gordon's functional health patterns Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a more comprehensive nursing assessment Nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient's physiolo ...

* Kate Gosselin, American television personality *

Cornelia Hancock Cornelia Hancock (February 8, 1840 – December 31, 1927) was a celebrated volunteer nurse, serving the injured and infirmed of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Hancock's service lasted from July 6, 1863 to May 23, 1865. Early life H ...

(1839-1926),

nurse * Jean Evelyn Headberry (1911–1993), Australian registered nurse and

midwife A midwife is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; co ...

and recipient of the

Lucille Hegamin Lucille Nelson Hegamin (November 29, 1894 – March 1, 1970) was an American singer and entertainer and an early African-American blues recording artist. Life and career Lucille Nelson was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of John and Minni ...

(1894-1970),

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

recording artist * Eliza Parks Hegan (1861–1917), Canadian nurse *

Virginia Henderson Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer. Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: ''"The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or wel ...

(1897-1996), 'First Lady of Nursing", American nurse theorist * Bodil Hellfach (1856–1941), Danish nurse, deputy head of the

Danish Nurses' Organization The Danish Nurses' Organization ( abbrev. DNO; in Danish ''Dansk Sygeplejeråd'', abbrev. ''DSR'') is a trade union in Denmark. It represents 95% of all nurses with a membership of 75,000. The DNO is affiliated with the FTF – Confederation of ...

Lenah Higbee Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (May 18, 1874 – January 10, 1941) was a pioneering Canadian-born United States Navy military nurse, who served as Commanding officer, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I. She is best known for ...

(1874-1941), pioneering

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

nurse during World War I *

Gerda Höjer Gerda Höjer (23 July 1893 - 20 June 1974), was a Swedish nurse and politician for the Liberal People's Party. Gerda Höjer was a nurse and the president of the Swedish Association of Nurses from 1945 to 1960. She was a member of the second ch ...

(1893-1974), recipient of the

and President of the

International Council of Nurses The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the first international organization for health care professionals. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerl ...

Anna Morris Holstein Anna Morris Holstein (, Ellis; pen name, Mrs. H.; April 9, 1824 - December 31, 1900) was an American organizational leader, civil war nurse, and author. From 1862 until the close of the war, Holstein was engaged in the hospital service, and after ...

(1825-1900), Civil War Nurse, Matron-in-Chief, from Gettysburg to Virginia, Author of Three Years in Field Hospitals Of The Army Of The Potomac * Dame Agnes Hunt (1867-1948), British

Orthopaedic Nursing Orthopaedic nursing (or orthopedic nursing) is a nursing specialty focused on the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. Orthopaedic issues range from acute problems such as fractures or hospitalization for joint replacement to chr ...

pioneer *

Alberta Hunter Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977. Early life Hu ...

(1895-1984), jazz singer * Rachela Hutner (1909-2008) Polish pioneer nurse, credited with establishing the modern Polish nursing profession *

Euphemia Steele Innes Euphemia Steele Innes RRC DN (26 February 1874 – 9 May 1955) was a Scottish nurse who served for 21 years as matron at Leeds General Infirmary in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. She was decorated with the Royal Red Cross 1st cla ...

RRC DN (1874–1955), Scottish nurse, matron of

Leeds General Infirmary Leeds General Infirmary, also known as the LGI, is a large teaching hospital based in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Its previous name The General Infirmary at Leeds is still ...

and of 2nd

Northern General Hospital The Northern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital and Major Trauma Centre in Sheffield, England. Its departments include Accident and Emergency for adults, with children being treated at the Sheffield Children's Hospital on Western Bank ...

, founded

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

Nurses' League *

Calamity Jane Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late ...

(1852-1903), American frontierswoman and nurse * Sally Lucas Jean (1878–1971), American health educator and nurse * Victoria Jensen (1847–1930), deaconess, nursing supervisor, from 1914 head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute *

Hazel Johnson-Brown Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black ch ...

(1927-2011), first African-American head of the

June Jolly June Jolly (28 September 1928 – 12 March 2016) was an English paediatric nurse and social worker who in the 1970s–80s transformed the care provided in British children's hospitals to a "family-centred" model. Biography June Jolly was born on ...

(1928–2016), British pioneer of children's nursing *

Liliane Juchli Liliane Juchli (19 October 1933 – 30 November 2020) was a Swiss nurse and member of the Merciful Sisters of the Holy Cross (German: Barmherzige Schwestern des Heiligen Kreuzes, French: Sœurs de la charité de la Sainte-Croix, Latin: Congreg ...

(1933-2020), Swiss nurse and author/editor of a highly influential nursing textbook * Ani Kalayjian Syrian born Armenian Ameriacan academic, nurse, and founder of Meaningful World *

Carol Kefford Carol Margaret Kefford (née Poulten; born 1958) is a British nurse who has served as Clinical Director and Chief Nurse for Nuffield Health (May 2017-October 2021) and since 2017 is a Colonel Commandant of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nurs ...

(born 1958), British nurse and administrator *

Virginia Clinton Kelley Virginia Dell Blythe Clinton Dwire Kelley (née Cassidy; June 6, 1923 – January 6, 1994) was an American nurse anesthetist and the mother of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States. Early life Virginia Dell Cassidy was born ...

(1923-1994), mother of

United States President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United State ...

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

*Dame

Betty Kershaw Dame Janet Elizabeth Murray Kershaw (''née'' Gammie; born 11 December 1943) is an English nurse who served as professor of nursing and dean at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield from 1999 to 2006. She served as Head ...

, Professor at Sheffield * Eunice Muringo Kiereini, (born 1939), Chief Nursing Officer of Kenya and first African president of the

Docia Kisseih Docia Angelina Naki Kisseih (1919–2008) was a Ghanaian nurse, Midwifery, midwife and educator. She was the first Ghanaian to be the country's Chief Nursing Officer after History of Ghana, British colonial rule ended. She was influential in pione ...

, (1919-2008), initiated advances in nursing and nurse training in post-independence Ghana * Thora Knudsen (1861–1950), Danish nurse, trades unionist and women's rights activist * Nancy J. Lescavage, Director of the

Navy Nurse Corps The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by United States Congress, Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals for nearly 100 years. The Corps was all-fem ...

* Daurene Lewis, first black woman mayor in North America. * Janet Lim (1923-2014), nurse at St. Andrew's Community Hospital. She was the first nurse from Singapore to study in Britain. She was inducted as 2014

Singapore Women's Hall of Fame The Singapore Women's Hall of Fame is a virtual hall of fame that honors and documents the lives of historically significant women in Singapore. The hall is the creation of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), and grew out of an ea ...

. *

Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818July 16, 1882) served as First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Mary Lincoln was a member of a large and wealthy, slave-owning ...

(1818-1882), volunteer nurse during the American Civil War *

Kate Lorig Dr. Kate Lorig, Dr.P.H., is an American professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also the director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center. She is known for her work on chronic disease and patient education, has p ...

, professor at

Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford, California. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1858. This ...

* Ljubica Luković, (1858-1915) established the first nurses' training course in Serbia and in 1925 was posthumously awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal * Courtney Lyder (born 1966), first black dean of the

UCLA School of Nursing The UCLA School of Nursing is a nursing school affiliated with UCLA, and is located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The school is housed in the Doris and Louis Factor Health Sciences Building, known as the Factor Buildin ...

Bloomekatz, Ari (October 9, 2013
"A Nurse Who's Healing Patients and Himself"
''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

M-R

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965), was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of Kings Edward VIII ...

(1897-1965) * Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1946), first professionally trained African-American nurse *

Jeanne Mance Jeanne Mance (November 12, 1606 – June 18, 1673) was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospit ...

(1606-1673), French nurse, founder of

Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal The Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (founded in 1645) was the first hospital established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ''Hôtel-Dieu'', literally translated in English as ''Hotel of God'', is an archaic French term for hospital, referring to the origi ...

(1645). *

Sophie Mannerheim Baroness Eva Charlotta Lovisa Sofia (Sophie) Mannerheim (21 December 1863 – 9 January 1928) was a famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. She was daughter of count Carl Robert Mannerheim and sister of a former Finnish Presid ...

(1863-1928), pioneer of modern nursing in Finland *

Marie Manthey Marie Schuber Manthey (born July 17, 1935) is an American nurse, author, and entrepreneur. She is recognized as one of the originators of Primary Nursing, an innovative system of nursing care delivery. Manthey was named a Living Legend of the ...

(born 1935), one of the originators of Primary Nursing *

Louise de Marillac Louise de Marillac , also Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church in the United S ...

(1591-1660), founder of the

Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul ( la, Societas Filiarum Caritatis a Sancto Vincentio de Paulo), commonly called the Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul, is a Society of Apostoli ...

Kate Marsden Kate Marsden (13 May 1859 – 26 May 1931) was a British missionary, explorer, writer and nurse. Supported by Queen Victoria and Empress Maria Feodorovna she investigated a cure for leprosy. She set out on a round trip from Moscow to Siberia to ...

(1859-1931), British missionary nurse *

Anna Maxwell Anna Caroline Maxwell (March 14, 1851January 2, 1929), was a nurse who came to be known as "the American Florence Nightingale". Her pioneering activities were crucial to the growth of professional nursing in the United States. Early years Maxwell ...

(1851–1929),

U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...

nurse whose activities were crucial to the growth of professional nursing in America *

Carolyn McCarthy Carolyn McCarthy ( Cook; born January 5, 1944) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2015. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Par ...

, American politician *

Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff Jean Kennedy McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, FRCN, MCSP (1 April 1926 – 13 May 2012), was a British nurse and member of the House of Lords. Biography McFarlane was born in Cardiff, Wales, and later trained as a nurse, a midwife ...

Louisa McLaughlin Louisa Elisabeth McLaughlin (1836–1921) was one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross. Louisa, who often spelled her name MacLaughlin and was familiarly called Louise, is pictured wearing medals awarded by both the Fr ...

(1836-1921), one of the first

British Red Cross The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with more ...

nurses, served in two wars * Louise McManus, first nurse to earn a PhD Referred to as Louise McManus *

Agda Meyerson Agda Meyerson (1 February 1866 – 27 December 1924) was a Swedish nurse who became an activist to improve the education, pay and working conditions of her profession. She served as vice chair of the in 1910 and on the board of numerous nursing ...

, (1866-1924) pioneering Swedish nurse *

Anne Milton Anne Frances Milton (''née'' Turner; born 3 November 1955) is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford from 2005 to 2019. Elected as ...

(born 1955), British Member of Parliament * Jane Minor, aka Gensey Snow, 1792–1858, African-American healer, midwife, and slave emancipator *

Naomi Mitchison Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison (; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote over 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writin ...

(1897-1999), British novelist and poet * Jeannine Moquin-Perry, Canadian religious and political activist *

Sarah Mullally Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally, (''née'' Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is a British Anglican bishop, Lord Spiritual and former nurse. She has been Bishop of London since 8 March 2018.

(born 1962) British Chief Nursing Officer and Bishop of London *

Charlotte Munck Charlotte Munck (born 2 December 1969) is a Denmark, Danish actress. She is notable for starring in the Danish police television drama ''Anna Pihl'' as the title character, which was aired on TV2. She was born in Aarhus and raised in the Oerst ...

(1876–1932), Danish nurse, important figure in the training of nurses *

Annie Murray Annie Cargill Knight (nee Murray; 10 April 1906 - 4 November 1996) was a Scottish nurse in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Knight was the daughter of a tenant farmer and one of eight children. She became active in the Communist Party after she ...

(1906-1996) Scottish nurse who went to the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

* Razan al-Najar (1996/1997-2018), Palestinian nurse shot during a rescue in

2018 Gaza border protests Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...

. *

Elizabeth Grace Neill Elizabeth Grace Neill (née Campbell; 26 May 1846 – 18 August 1926) was a nurse from New Zealand who lobbied for passage of laws requiring training and national registration of nurses and midwives; in 1901, New Zealand was the first country ...

(1846-1926), Kiwi nurse *

Bonnie Nettles Bonnie Lu Nettles (born Trousdale; August 29, 1927 – June 19, 1985), later known as Ti, was co-founder and co-leader with Marshall Applewhite of the Heaven's Gate new religious movement. Nettles died of liver cancer in 1985 in Dallas, Texas, ...

(1927-1985), co-leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult *

Nora Neve Nora Neve (1873-1952) was a British nurse and Medical missions, medical missionary with the Church Mission Society, Church Missionary Society who pioneered missionary nursing. Her work was instrumental in the development of the Kashmir Mission Ho ...

(1873-1952), pioneer of missionary nursing in

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

* Mary Ann Brown Newcomb (1817–1892, American Civil War nurse following the

Battle of Fort Donelson The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important ave ...

(1820-1910), pioneer of modern

nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

Clara Noyes Clara Dutton Noyes (October 3, 1869 – June 3, 1936) was an American nurse who headed the American Red Cross department of nursing during World War I. In 1998 she was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame. Early life and ...

(1869-1946), enrolled 20,000 Red Cross nurses for World War I service, founded the first school for midwives in the U.S. *

Mary Adelaide Nutting Mary Adelaide Nutting (November 1, 1858 – October 3, 1948) was a Canadian nurse, educator, and pioneer in the field of hospital care. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University's first nurse training program in 1891, Nutting helped to found ...

(November 1, 1858 – October 3, 1948) was a Canadian nurse, educator, and pioneer in the field of hospital care. *

Emily Elizabeth Parsons Emily Elizabeth Parsons (1824 – 1880) was an American Civil War nurse, hospital administrator, and founder of Mount Auburn Hospital in Massachusetts. Her posthumous memoir, ''Fearless Purpose: Memoir of Emily Elizabeth Parsons'', gives a rare ...

(1824-1880) American Civil War nurse, hospital administrator, and founder of Mt. Auburn Hospital *

Emma Maria Pearson Emma Maria Pearson (1828–1893), the daughter of Captain Charles Pearson, RN, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, was a writer and one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross. Both the French and Germans awarded medals to her ...

(1828–93), writer and one of the first

nurses, served in two wars * Hildegard Peplau, first published nursing theorist since Florence Nightingale. She created the middle-range nursing theory of interpersonal relations *

Anita Thigpen Perry Mary Anita Thigpen Perry (born May 5, 1952) is an American nurse who was the longest-serving First Lady of Texas, being in that role from 2000 to 2015. She is married to former Texas Governor Rick Perry. As First Lady of Texas, she had been an a ...

, First Lady of Texas * Jill Pettis, New Zealand Member of Parliament *

Lynne Pillay Barbara Lynne Pillay (born 14 August 1950) is a New Zealand politician, and member of the Labour Party. Pillay was born in Palmerston North. Before entering politics, she was a nurse, and had been active in the New Zealand Nurses Union. Mem ...

, New Zealand Member of Parliament *

Kerry Prendergast Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast (née Ferrier, born 28 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010, succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position, after Fran Wil ...

, Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand * Tom Quinn, influential UK Professor of

Cardiac nursing Cardiac nursing is a nursing specialty that works with patients who suffer from various conditions of the cardiovascular system. Cardiac nurses help treat conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congestive heart ...

* Halima Rafat, pioneer Afghan nurse and women's rights activist, one of the first to nurses of her country *

Emmy Rappe Emmy Carolina Rappe (14 February 1835 – 19 October 1896) was a Swedish nurse and principal for a nursing school. She was the pioneer and founder of the Swedish nursing education. She was the first trained professional nurse and the first princip ...

(1835-1896), Swedish pioneer in the education of nurses *

Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson (born August 26, 1963) is the winner of the 1988 Miss America Pageant. She is from Monroe, Michigan, where a street is now named for her. Biography On September 19, 1987, Rafko was named as the Miss America 1988, after ...

, Miss America 1988 *

Claire Rayner Claire Berenice Rayner, OBE (; née Chetwynd; 22 January 1931 – 11 October 2010) was an English journalist, broadcaster, novelist and nurse, best known for her role for many years as an advice columnist. Early life Rayner was born to Jewish ...

(1931–2010), British journalist,

agony aunt An advice column is a column in a question and answer format. Typically, a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response. The responses are wr ...

and activist *

Linda Richards Linda Richards (July 27, 1841 – April 16, 1930) was the first professionally trained American nurse. She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan, and created the first system for keeping individual medical recor ...

(1841-1930), America's first professionally trained nurse *

Isabel Hampton Robb Isabel Adams Hampton Robb (1859–1910) was an American nurse theorist, author, nursing school administrator and early leader. Hampton was the first Superintendent of Nurses at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, wrote several influential textbook ...

, helped develop early programs of

nursing education Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ca ...

Rachel Robinson Rachel Annetta Robinson (née Isum; born July 19, 1922) is the widow of professional baseball player Jackie Robinson, as well as an American former professor and registered nurse. Life and work Rachel Isum was born in Pasadena, California, a ...

(born 1922), wife of baseball star

Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line ...

Debbie Rowe Deborah Jeanne Rowe (born December 6, 1958) is an American dermatology assistant best known for her marriage to pop musician Michael Jackson, with whom she had two children. She lives in Palmdale, California. Early life Debbie Rowe was born on ...

(born 1958), wife of singer

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...

Elaine Roe Second Lieutenant Elaine A. Roe was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. She was awarded the Silver Star for her actions during Operation Shingle. Action Roe and her fellow nurses serving at the time - Mary Roberts, Rita Rour ...

, U.S. Army nurse, one of the first four women to be awarded the

Silver Star The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an e ...

S-Z

Margaret Sanger Margaret Higgins Sanger (born Margaret Louise Higgins; September 14, 1879September 6, 1966), also known as Margaret Sanger Slee, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized the term "birth control ...

(1879-1966), founder of the U.S.

birth control Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth contr ...

movement. * Betty Schmoll (1936-2015), founder of Hospice of Dayton, one of the first hospice programs in the United States. *

Lynda Scott Lynda Marie Scott is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party. Early life Scott trained as a nurse in Wellington and then became a doctor in Auckland. She worked as a geriatrician. For a time, she also served as a director of Blen ...

, New Zealand MP. *

Mary Seacole Mary Jane Seacole (;Anionwu E.N. (2012) Mary Seacole: nursing care in many lands. ''British Journal of Healthcare Assistants'' 6(5), 244–248. 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British-Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up t ...

(1805-1881), Jamaican British nurse in the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

known as "the Black Florence Nightingale". * Schwester Selma (1884-1984), German-Jewish head nurse in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, known as "the Jewish Florence Nightingale". * Flora Madeline Shaw (1864–1927), Canadian nurse and nursing teacher *

Nigar Shikhlinskaya Nigar Huseyn Afandi gizi Shikhlinskaya, née Gayibova ( az, Nigar Hüseyn Əfəndi qızı Şıxlinskaya; October 10, 1871 or March 21, 1878 in Tiflis – August 15, 1931 in Baku) was the first Azerbaijani nurse. She was fluent in several languages ...

(1871-1931), first Azerbaijani nurse. * Kapelwa Sikota (1928 – 2006), first Zambian registered nurse. *

Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon Kathleen Rochard Simon, Viscountess Simon, DBE (formerly Manning, Harvey; 23 September 1869 – 27 March 1955) was an Anglo-Irish anti-slavery activist. She was inspired to research slavery after living in Tennessee with her first husband, and ...

(1864-1955), British abolitionist. * Jessie Sleet Scales (1865-1956), first black public health nurse in the United States. * Myrah Keating Smith (1908-1994) nurse, midwife, only medical provider on

Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John ( da, Sankt Jan) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Saint John () is the smallest of the thre ...

for two decades *

Mabel Keaton Staupers Mabel Keaton Staupers (February 27, 1890 – September 30, 1989) was a pioneer in the American nursing profession. Faced with racial discrimination after graduating from nursing school, Staupers became an advocate for racial equality in the nurs ...

(1890-1989), advocate for racial equality in the nursing profession during era of American segregation. * Daphne Steele (1929-2004), Guyanese Matron, was the first

Black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...

Matron Matron is the job title of a very senior or the chief nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and other Commonwealth countries and former colonies. Etymology The chief nurse, in other words the person ...

in the British NHS. * Margaretta Styles (1930-2005), American advocate for standardization of nursing credentials,

University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It cond ...

Nursing School dean, past president of the

American Nurses Association The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911. It is ba ...

and

. * Adah Belle Samuels Thoms (1870-1943), pioneering African-American rights activist, who fought for African-American nurses to be permitted to serve in the U.S. armed forces. *

Violetta Thurstan Violetta Thurstan, MM (4 February 1879 – 13 April 1978) was an English nurse, weaver, and administrator whose work included help for refugees and prisoners of war. She knew several languages, travelled frequently and wrote a number of books ...

(1879-1978), nurse in WWI, decorated for bravery. *

Annie Rensselaer Tinker Annie Rensselaer Tinker was an American suffragist, volunteer nurse, and philanthropist. The daughter of wealthy parents, she sailed to Europe to volunteer as a nurse in World War I, three years before the United States joined the war. Upon her d ...

(1884-1924), volunteer nurse in WWI, suffragist, and philanthropist *

Sally Louisa Tompkins Sally Louisa Tompkins (November 9, 1833 – July 25, 1916) was a humanitarian, nurse, philanthropist and the first woman to have been formally inducted into an army in American history. Many believe that she was also the only woman officially c ...

(1833-1916), humanitarian and philanthropist during the American Civil War. *

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves, including family and friends, us ...

(c. 1822-1913), African-American

. *

Florence Wald Florence Wald (April 19, 1917 – November 8, 2008) was an American nurse, former Dean of Yale School of Nursing, and largely credited as "the mother of the American hospice movement".Lillian Wald Lillian D. Wald (March 10, 1867 – September 1, 1940) was an American nurse, humanitarian and author. She was known for contributions to human rights and was the founder of American community nursing. She founded the Henry Street Settlement in N ...

(1867-1940), founder of visiting nursing in the U.S. *

Jean Watson Jean Watson is an American nurse theorist and nursing professor who is best known for her theory of human caring. She is the author of numerous texts, including ''Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring''. Watson's research on caring has been ...

, an American nurse theorist and nursing professor, best known for her Theory of Human Caring. *

Faye Wattleton Faye Wattleton (born Alyce Faye Wattleton; 8 July 1943) is an American reproductive rights activist who was the first African American and the youngest president ever elected of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the first woman sinc ...

(born 1943), president of the

Planned Parenthood Federation of America The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Reven ...

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Elizabeth Wettlaufer Elizabeth Tracy Mae "Bethe" Wettlaufer (née Parker; born June 10, 1967) is a convicted Canadian serial killer and former registered nurse who confessed to murdering eight senior citizens and attempting to murder six others in southwestern Onta ...

(born 1967), Canadian serial killer who murdered eight of her patients with insulin injections. *

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...

(1819-1892), American poet,

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Sarah Palmer Young Sarah Graham Palmer Young (August 19, 1830 - April 6, 1908) worked as a regimental nurse during the American Civil War. In 1867, she published ''The Story of Aunt Becky's Army-Life'', an account of her wartime experiences. Early life and marriage ...

(1830-1908),

nurse, author of a memoir. * Tome Yoshida (1876-1963), Japanese nurse. * Sophie Zahrtmann (1841–1925), deaconess, nurse, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute

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