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Clara Barton
"RED CROSS" **Founded the organization now known as the American Red Cross in
1881
**Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield
**Copyist in the U.S. Patent Office
**Established her own distribution system and refused to enlist in military service
**Worked outside of the government until 1862 when she was granted a pass
**First makeshift field hospital - Culpepper, VA
Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940)
PUBLIC HEALTH Development of Public Health Nursing
Established the Henry Street Settlement on the lower east side of NYC
Provided visiting nurses, social services, playgrounds and camps to the inner city population
Isabel Hampton Robb
"LICENSING" *Activist for nursing
**Initiated reform to include:
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12 hour day breaks, rest and recreation
**Started the 3 year educational program for nursing
Fought for licensing exams and registration to protect the public from incompetent nursing care
Organized the John Hopkins School of Nursing
Visionary - promoted the unity of all practitioners, including educators
Founded the Nurses' Association Alumnae of the U.S. and Canada - 1896 - Became the ANA in
1911
Mary Breckenridge
MIDWIFERY 1925 - established the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
First organized midwifery program in the U.S.
Demonstrated that nurses could provide primary care to patients in the rural setting
MATCH THE NAME TO EXPLANATION - NEED TO KNOW! _____Florence
Nightingale
_____Mary Breckenridge
_____Mary Mahoney
_____Clara Barton