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Linda Richards Open in a new browser window  
   Considered America's first trained nurse. A "Women of Courage" profile.
   http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/richards.htm
Profiles in Caring: Lillian D.Wald Open in a new browser window  
   Biography of the founder of the Henry Street Settlement, the forerunner of the Visiting Nurse Society of New York.
   http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-4.html
Hall of Fame Inductee: Clara Louise Maass Open in a new browser window  
   From the American Nurses Association: Profile of one of the nation's most courageous nurses, Clara Louise Maass lost her life during scientific studies to determine the cause of yellow fever.
   http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/maascl.htm
Sally Louisa Tompkins Open in a new browser window  
   Opened one of the most successful hospitals during the civil war, returning more of its patients to the ranks than any other medical care facility. She was the only woman to hold a commission in the Confederate States Army.
   http://www.civilwarhome.com/tompkinsbio.htm
Profile - Sophie Mannerheim Open in a new browser window  
   A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her.
   http://home.c2i.net/amd/finwomen/mannerheim.htm
Spotlight - Jo Anne Ashley Open in a new browser window  
   A nurse, author and educator. She was a staunch advocate of the role of nursing in the health field, power in nursing and the historic perspective of nursing.
   http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history/spotlight.htm
Florence Guinness Blake Open in a new browser window  
   Inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame in 1996. A distinguished pediatric nurse who strove to advance education in pediatric nursing.
   http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/blakfg.htm
Adah Belle Samuel Thoms Open in a new browser window  
   A crusader for equal opportunities for blacks in nursing. She was one of the first to recognize a new field for nursing, public health.
   http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/thomab.htm
Leaders of the American Red Cross Open in a new browser window  
   Profiles of founder Clara Barton and subsequent leaders of the organization.
   http://www.redcross.org/museum/vmuseum/leaderbios.html
Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine Open in a new browser window  
   Profile of British nurse Edith Cavell who worked in Belgium in World War I. She was arrested for helping allied soldiers to freedom and executed by the German authorities.
   http://www.edithcavell.org.uk/
Profile - Jane Delano: Innovator in Nursing Open in a new browser window  
   A pioneer in the American Red Cross Nursing Service.
   http://www.redcross.org/museum/registry/profile.asp?id=745
Military Nurses of Canada Open in a new browser window  
   A profile of The Lady Nelson - a Canadian hospital ship. An excerpt from Volume II of the Military Nurses of Canada. Ruth (Littlejohn) McIlrath's recollections of the army nurses who had staffed this ship during the war.
   http://www.addison.ca/military_nurses/
Edith Cavell Open in a new browser window  
   A British nurse executed during the First World War. A statue in St. Martin's Place, just off London's Trafalgar Square, bears the words, 'Humanity, Fortitude, Devotion, Sacrifice'--fitting tributes to the life she led. Authored by Abraham Unger, M.D.
   http://womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/bledith_cavell1.htm
Nurse Edith Cavell Open in a new browser window  
   In 1914, she harbored allied soldiers from behind the Germans lines. Story By Peter Clowes for Military History magazine.
   http://womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/bledithcavell1.htm
Mother of the Union Army Open in a new browser window  
   The story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke, who delivered supplies from her church to a medical camp in Illinois, and stayed to nurse the sick and wounded for four years and nineteen battles. [Requires paid subscription.]
   http://www.cwipremium.com//feature/index.htm?featureid=11
Louisa Maertz Open in a new browser window  
   Profile: Louisa Maertz, 1837-1918, an untrained United States Civil War nurse.
   http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/bh/htm2/bhHTM003.cfm
Aunt Lizzie Aiken from Peoria Open in a new browser window  
   Excerpt of a memorial book written in 1906 describing Mrs. Aiken services to the soldiers at Shawneetown in 1861.
   http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisWomen/files/pe/htm1/aiken.cfm
Mary Eliza Mahoney Open in a new browser window  
   A profile of the first African-American professional nurse.
   http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Mahoney.cfm

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