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  Mary Eliza Mahoney http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Mahoney.cfm
A profile of the first African-American professional nurse.
  Edith Cavell: A Norfolk Heroine http://www.edithcavell.org.uk/
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.
  Linda Richards http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/richards.htm
Considered America's first trained nurse. A "Women of Courage" profile.
  Profiles in Caring: Lillian D.Wald http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-4.html
Biography of the founder of the Henry Street Settlement, the forerunner of the Visiting Nurse Society of New York.
  Profile - Sophie Mannerheim http://home.c2i.net/amd/finwomen/mannerheim.htm
A famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. A Finnish stamp was dedicated to her.
  Sally Louisa Tompkins http://www.civilwarhome.com/tompkinsbio.htm
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.
  Helen Fairchild http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_fairchild_bkp
Joined the American Expeditionary Force at the start of the U.S. involvement in World War I. Her wartime letters home provide insight into the hardships and unimaginable conditions combat nurses worked in.
  Profile - Jane Delano: Innovator in Nursing http://www.redcross.org/museum/registry/profile.asp?id=745
A pioneer in the American Red Cross Nursing Service.
  Mary Breckinridge http://nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/WhereWeComeFrom_1/HallofFame/19761982/brecmx5517.aspx
Started the first rural health care system to provide nursing to the neglected people in southeastern Kentucky.
  Hall of Fame Inductee: Clara Louise Maass http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/maascl.htm
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.
  Florence Guinness Blake http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/blakfg.htm
Inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame in 1996. A distinguished pediatric nurse who strove to advance education in pediatric nursing.
  Adah Belle Samuel Thoms http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/thomab.htm
A crusader for equal opportunities for blacks in nursing. She was one of the first to recognize a new field for nursing, public health.
  Ellen Dougherty http://www.ourregion.co.nz/theregion.php?category=history&subcategory=Our+People&articleID=184
Brief biography of the first registered nurse in the world.
  Mary E. Squire http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/articleView.asp?pg=1&id=15639
Youngest nurse in Civil War. Newspaper interview of Mrs. Squire from the Sheygoyan Press, October 20, 1915.

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