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| Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) |
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- 1925 founded frontier NSG services
- established first midwifery training school in the U.S.
- Graduated St. Lukes Hospital school in NY in 1910
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| Linda Richards (1841 - 1930) |
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- First trained nurse in the U.S.
- 1st position - Night superintendent Bellvue Hospital
- introduced nursing notes and doctors orders
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| Dorthea Dix (1802 - 1887) |
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- Union's superintendent of female nurses during the Civil War.
- Lobbied Congress to expand state mental hospital
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| Margaret Sanger (187 - 1966) |
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- Founded Planned parenthood
- imprisoned for opening the first birth control information clinic in America
- public health nurse in NY
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| History of HFCC Nursing Program |
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- First associate degree nursing program in michigan
- 21 students in the first class in 1953
- Follows ANA standards of Nursing
- Eleanor Tourtillout pioneered HFCC program as assistant director (1953 - 1974)
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