bowman r- U1-Assignment 1

Dorthea Dix

Apr 4, 1802

1802-1887 Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War.

Linda Richards

Jul 5, 1841

1841-1930 The first professionally trained American nurse. She also developed a system for medical records.

Mary Eliza Mohoney

Jul 5, 1845

1845-1926 She was the first black woman to complete nurse's training. She was also one of the first black members of the American Nurses Association.

Isabel Hampton Robb

Jul 5, 1860

1860-1910 She was American Nurses Associations first president

Margaret Sanger

Jul 5, 1872

1879- 1966 Birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic and established planned parenthood.

Clara Barton

Jul 5, 1881

Founded American Red Cross in 1881. She also did service in the Civil War.

Mary Breckenridge

Jul 5, 1881

1881- 1965 The founder of the Frontier Nursing Service and she started family care centers in the Appalachian mountains.

Annie Goodrich

Jul 5, 1915

President of the American Nurses Assosiation from 1915-1918. She was known as a crusader and diplomat among nurses and was constantly active in local, state, national, and international nursing affairs

Lavinia Dock

Jul 5, 1947

1858-1956 She wrote four volumes on the history of nursing .

Hilegard Pepllau

Jul 5, 1952

1909-1999 Pepllau was the first published theorist since Florence Nightingale. She led the way towards humane treatment of patients with behavior and personality disorders.

Madeleine Lieninger

Jul 5, 1961

Nursing theorist that published work in 1961, her contributions to what it is to care.

Virginia Henderson

Jul 5, 1966

• Henderson was a nurse, researcher, theorist and author. She is known for her 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 necessary strength, will or knowledge".

Ida V. Moffett

Jul 5, 1967

• she developed the first licensed practical nursing program in Alabama and the Sanford University Nursing School is named in her honor.

Martha Rogers

Jul 5, 1984

1914- 1994 Rogers is best known for developing the Science of Unitary Human Beings and for her landmark book, An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing.

Dorthea Orem

Jul 5, 1985

1914-2007 Dorthea Orem published her theory and believed that people have a natural ability for self care, and nursing should focus on affecting that ability.

Jean Watson

Jul 5, 1988

• Known for her theory of humane caring. It was published in 1988.