Mary Breckinridge Started the first rural health care system to provide nursing to the neglected people in southeastern Kentucky. http://nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/WhereWeComeFrom_1/HallofFame/19761982/brecmx5517.aspx Nursingworld.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Helen Fairchild Joined the American Expeditionary Force at the start of the U.S. involvement in World War I. Her wartime letters home provide insight into the hardships and unimaginable conditions combat nurses worked in. http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_fairchild_bkp Military.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Ellen Dougherty Brief biography of the first registered nurse in the world. http://www.ourregion.co.nz/theregion.php?category=history&subcategory=Our+People&articleID=184 Ourregion.co.nz~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Mary E. Squire Youngest nurse in Civil War. Newspaper interview of Mrs. Squire from the Sheygoyan Press, October 20, 1915. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/articleView.asp?pg=1&id=15639 Wisconsinhistory.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check