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Dorothea Dix
Spoke with legislation and had first state mental hospital organized. The hospital was built in North Carolina and was named after here. -
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
She became the most resourceful nurse of the Civil War. The soldiers considered themselves outranked next to her. She became known as Mother Bickerdyke. -
Clara Barton
Organized American Red Cross. In 1864, she was appointed "lady in charge" in Civil War. She became known as the Angel of the Battlefield. -
Isabel Hampton Robb
She worked at Bellevue hosptial and then did a short study in Rome. She became the superintendent of nursing at Cook County Hospital. She set standards for nursing that are still followed today. -
Lavinia Dock
Served at Bellevue Hospital until 1886. Compiled first manual drugs for nurses: Materia Medica for Nurses. She was also a contributing editor to the American Journal of Nursing. -
Linda Richards
Established first nurse training program in Japan. She also established a nurse training school at Boston College University in 1878. -
Annie Goodrich
Superintindent of nurses at New York Post Graduate Hospital -
Lillian Wald
She started a home nursing class for women in 1893. She also worked for the Henry Street Settlement taking care of destitute people. It was there she authored two books: The House on Henry Street and Windows on Henry Street. -
Mary Eliza Mahoney
She wwas one of the first members of the ANA. In 1908 she cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN). She was the first African American nurse in the United States. -
Mary Adelaide Nutting
She was the first professor in nursing from 1910-1925. She was also named honorary president of the Florence Nightingale Internation Foundation in 1934. -
Margaret Sanger
Published What Every Girl should know. She was a birth control activist. She was arrested for writing an eight page monthly that was considered taboo at the time. She launched The Woman Rebel in 1914. -
Mary Breckinridge
founded Kentucky Committe for Mothers and babies which is now known as Frontier Nursing Service. She lead the FNS until she died in 1965 -
Ida V. Moffett
Head nurse of the Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital. She spent 29 years dedicated to the nursing profession, working three full-time jobs at the same time. -
Virginia Henderson
She wrote the Nursing Studies Index during a twelve year research project. It was four volumes recognized as an essential refernce for many years. -
Dorothea Orem
Published her theory of nursing. She received her doctorate of Science from Georgetown University. -
Lillian Holland Harvey
She completed her education with Ed.D. from Colombia University where she also received her BS and her MA. She was one of the twelve members of the Expert Advisory Committee for Professional Traineeships Programs of United States Public Health Service. -
Martha Rogers
She was best known for developing the Science of Unitary Human Beings. She wrote her landmark book: An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing. -
Jean Watson
She wrapped up her degrees with a Ph.D. in educational psychology after having received her BS in 1964 and he MS in 1966. She was best known for her Theory of Human/Transparent Caring. -
Madeleine Leininger
Most famouse for transcultural nursing: bringing role of cultural factors into nursing practice. She was a pioneered nursing theorist and was first published in 1961. -
Hildegard Peplau
She was honored as a "Living Legend" by the ANA. In 1997, she won the Christiane Reimann Prize. SHe was honored for her theory that nurse-client relationship as foundation of nursing practice.
