Timeline of nursing history

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[edit] 17th century

[edit] 18th century

  • 1755- Charlotte Brown,head nurse or matron in the British Army. She traveled with Braddock’s army during the French & Indian War. She was the highest-paid and most respected woman in the army. She supervised nurses, laundresses, and cooks. She kept a diary of her experience. [1]
  • 1783 - James Derham, a slave from New Orleans, buys his freedom with money earned working as a nurse. [2]

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 1800s

[edit] 1810s

[edit] 1820s

[edit] 1830s

[edit] 1840s

[edit] 1850s

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale

[edit] 1860s

[edit] 1870s

  • 1876 - The Japanese term 看護婦 ("Kangofu" or nurse) is used for the first time. [5]
  • 1879 - Mary Eliza Mahoney is graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses and becomes the first black professional nurse in the U.S. [6]

[edit] 1880s

Clara Barton
Clara Barton
  • 1881 - Clara Barton becomes the first President of the American Red Cross, which she founded, on May 21.
  • 1884 - Mary Agnes Snively, the first Ontario nurse trained according to the principles of Florence Nightingale, assumes the position of Lady Superintendent of the Toronto General Hospital’s School of Nursing.
  • 1885 - The first nurse training institute is established in Japan. [7]
  • 1886 - The Nightingale, the first American nursing journal, is published. [8]
  • 1886 - Spelman Seminary establishes the first nursing program in the U.S. specifically for African-Americans. [9]
  • 1888 The monthly journal The Trained Nurse begins publication in Buffalo, New York. [10]

[edit] 1890s

Lillian Wald
Lillian Wald

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 1900s

[edit] 1910s

Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell
Chief Nurse Higbee, USN
Chief Nurse Higbee, USN

[edit] 1920s

[edit] 1930s

[edit] 1940s

Erna Flegel
Erna Flegel

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

Dame Cicely Saunders
Dame Cicely Saunders

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

[edit] 21st century

[edit] 2000s