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Virginia Henderson (1897–1996), 'First Lady of Nursing", American nurse theorist; Monina Hernandez, first Filipino nurse to be appointed to the Nursing Council of New Zealand [2] and first Filipino elected as director of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation [3] Pamela Hibbs (1935 – 2021) UK pioneer in pressure sore prevention
Rebecca Lee Crumpler (born Rebecca Davis, February 8, 1831 – March 9, 1895) was an American physician, nurse and author. After studying at the New England Female Medical College , in 1864 she became the first African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.
Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer. [1]Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the ...
1992 – Eddie Bernice Johnson is the first nurse elected to the U.S. Congress. 1993 – After reforms in 1993, nursing education in Sweden is changing from vocational training to academic education. [94] 1999 – Elnora D. Daniel is the first black nurse elected president of a major university, Chicago State University. [30]
What is known is that Tompkins, her mother, and her surviving sister, Maria, left Poplar Grove and lived in Norfolk from 1849 to 1852. While in Norfolk, Tompkins and her sister studied at the Norfolk Female Institute. In January 1854, Tompkins, her mother, and Maria moved to Richmond, Virginia. Tompkins' mother died a few months later.
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Henrietta Johnston was the first known female portrait painter in the American colonies as well as the first woman pastelist. [6] 1739 Elizabeth Timothy was the first woman to print a formal newspaper as well as the first female franchise holder in the colonies. [4] 1750 Jane Colden was the first woman botanist in America. [7] 1756
Murphy, who currently works as a pediatric intensive care unit nurse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, graduated from Ranger School on July 19, becoming the first female ...