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Contributing women to the nursing profession throughout history
| Name | Famous Because |
|---|---|
| Mary Adelaide Nutting | 1st professor at a school of nursing |
| Clara Maass | took part in a malaria experiment |
| Isabel Hampton Robb | founded ANA and National League for Nursing |
| Florence Nightingale | birth of modern nursing |
| Lillian D. Wald | first public nurse |
| Isabel Maitland Stewart | educator "Miss Curriculum" |
| Sally Tompkins | nurse/captain in Confederate Army |
| Linda Richards | first trained nurse in U.S. |
| Margaret Sanger | crusader for birth control |
| Clara Barton | founded the Red Cross |
| Annie Warburton Goodrich | dean of the army school of nursing |
| Harriet Tubman | underground railroad |
| Lavinia Lloyd Dock | 1st author of nursing textbook |
| Mary Eliza Mahoney | first black nurse to graduate nursing school |
| Virginia Hendersen | created the definition of nursing |
| Mary Ann Bickerdyke | mother of the Union Army |
| Dorthea Dix | crusaded for better treatment of the mentally ill |