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Halima Rafat, pioneer Afghan nurse and women's rights activist, one of the first nurses of her country; Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, nurse and Miss America 1988; Emmy Rappe (1835–1896), first professionally trained Swedish nurse, pioneer in the education of nurses; Elizabeth Raybould (1926 –2015) pioneer in Nurse education in Northern Ireland
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 textbooks, and helped to found the organizations that became known as the National League for Nursing, the International Council of Nurses, and the American ...
These nurses, who came to be called "The Sacred Twenty", were the first women to formally serve as members of the Navy. [5] The Navy required its first Nurse Corps candidates to be between 22 and 44 years old and also unmarried. As a 34-year-old widow, Higbee met these requirements. [3] She was promoted to Chief Nurse in 1909. Lenah Higbee ...
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]
Wald was born into a wealthy [3] German-Jewish medical family in Cincinnati, Ohio.Her parents were Max D. Wald and Minnie (Schwarz) Wald. [4]: 526 Her father was an optical dealer; her uncle, Henry Wald, M.D., was a University of Vienna-trained surgeon who began a New York City medical dynasty at Columbia University in the 1880s.
Barbara L. Nichols (born 1939) is an American nurse leader and was the first black president of the American Nurses Association.A graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Nichols is a former CEO of CGFNS International, a past president of the Wisconsin Nurses Association and a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.
The first continent with a UN member state to have a female leader after WWII was Asia. In 1960, Sri Lanka – known then as Ceylon – elected its first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
Gelinas, Lillee and Marie Manthey (1997). "The Impact of Organizational Redesign on Nurse Executive Leadership." Journal of Nursing Administration Vol 27, No 10. October 1997. pp 35–42. Manthey, Marie (2001). "Two Miracles in One Career." Nursing Administration Quarterly Vol 25, No 2/9111126864. Winter 2001. p 55–60. ISSN 0363-9568.