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Anita Newcomb McGee
Dr. Hermann M. Biggs
After convincing her husband to create the U.S. Office of Civil
1. Defense, she supported the efforts of the American Red
Cross to create a civilian nursing corps.
Hired the first public health nurses in New York City to work
2. with the residents of crowded tenements, directing them to
medical care, and providing basic health education,
Started the first nursing program that was built on a
3. curriculum of evidence-based instruction and clinical
practice.
Worked on developing the criteria for the first army nurses to
4. be hired by the government to treat injured soldiers during
the Spanish-American War,
Eleanor Roosevelt
Florence Nightingale