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Superstar TheaterNursing Trivia - Quiz 3
Famous Nurses in History!
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In 1902 she became America’s first school nurse.
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LINDA ROGERS STRUTHERS!
The most famous nurse of all, she forsook her aristocratic duties to become a nurse. Known for her efforts to reform the British military health system, this nursing pioneer, made significant contributions to mathematics.
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE!
A shipwreck survivor in the 17th Century, this person is considered the first nurse in the New World.
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JUAN DE MENA!
Famous poet was also volunteered as a nurse at Army hospitals set up during the Civil War. His experience during the war greatly influenced his poetry.
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WALT WHITMAN!
Wife of President Abraham Lincoln who worked tirelessly during the Civil War as a nurse tending wounded soldiers.
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MARY TODD LINCOLN!
Easily one of the most famous women in American history, she began her nursing career at the age of 11 and eventually founded the Red Cross.
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CLARISSA HARLOWE BARTON!
The first African-American professional registered nurse. She was the co-founder of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses which late became the American Nurses Association.
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MARY ELIZA MAHONEY !
Born in Jamaica, this nurse passed over by Florence Nightingale because of her mixed heritage. She funded her way to the Crimean War where she used herbal medicine skills taught by her mother to tend to the wounded.
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MARY SEACOLE !
She received midwife training in Britain and founded the Frontier Nursing Service becoming one of the first to found family care centers.
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MARY BRECKINRIDGE!
A well-known as a pediatric nurse, who helped advance the cause of graduate level nursing education for those who wanted to work with children.
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FLORENCE GUINNESS
BLAKE!
Belgian nursing pioneer who helped Allied soldiers escaped occupied Belgium for which she was court-martialed and executed.
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EDITH CAVELL!
Famously documented the bravery of nurses during WWI.
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HELEN FAIRCHILD!
In 1955 he became the first male to be commissioned in the United States Army Nurse Corp.
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SECOND LIEUTENANT
EDWARD LYNN!
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