Mary Adelaide Nutting, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American nursing administrator
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About Mary Adelaide Nutting
- Mary Adelaide Nutting (November 1, 1858 – October 3, 1948) was an American nurse, educator, and pioneer in the field of hospital care.
- After graduating from Johns Hopkins University's first nurse training program in 1891, Nutting helped to found a modern nursing program at the school.
- In 1907, she became involved in an experimental program at the new Teachers College at Columbia University.
- Ascending to the role of chair of the nursing and health department, Nutting authored a vanguard curriculum based on preparatory nursing education, public health studies, and social service emphasis.
- She served as president of a variety of councils and committees that served to standardize nursing education and ease the process of meshing nurse-profession interest with state legislation.
- Nutting was also the author of a multitude of scholarly works relating to the nursing field, and her work, A History of Nursing, remains an essential historic writing today.
- She is remembered for her legacy as a pioneer in the field of nursing, but also her activist role in a time where women still had limited rights.
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