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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
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.
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]
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 became Chief Nurse at Norfolk Naval Hospital in April 1909. [6] In January 1911, Higbee became the second Superintendent of the ...
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
She was known as the "Florence Nightingale of America". [24] She was also known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" [14] [25] after she came to the aid of the overwhelmed surgeon on duty following the battle of Cedar Mountain in Northern Virginia in August 1862. She arrived at a field hospital at midnight with a large number of supplies to help ...
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 ...
Sarah Garland Boyd Jones (née Sarah Garland Boyd; 1866 – May 11, 1905) was an American physician from the U.S. state of Virginia.She was the first woman to receive a certificate from the Virginia State Medical Examining Board and co-founded a hospital in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, Miles Berkley Jones.