Beard, Mary, 1876-1946

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Birth 1876
Death 1946

Biographical notes:

Mary Beard was a nurse and author. She served as Associate Director of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1924-1938, and was Director of Nursing Services of the American National Red Cross.

Cornell University School of Nursing Class of 1903.

From the description of Mary Beard papers, 1926-1948. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63541584

Mary Beard was a nurse and author. She served as Associate Director of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1924-1938, and was Director of Nursing Services of the American National Red Cross. She also served on the Advisory Committee on Nursing of the New York City Department of Health, 1936-1937.

She graduated from the Cornell University School of Nursing in 1903.

1876 November 14, born in Dover, New Hampshire to Ithamar Warren and Mary Foster Beard. 1903 Graduated from New York Hospital School of Nursing (later became Cornell University New York Hospital School of Nursing in 1942). 1904 Visiting nurse in Waterbury, Connecticut. 1912 1922 Director of Instructive District Nursing Association in Boston. 1922 1924 Director of the Community Health Association in Boston. 1924 1938 Associate Director of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation of New York City. 1929 Author of The Nurse in Public Health. 1934 Conferred with honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities. 1938 1944 Director of Nursing Services for the American National Red Cross. 1944 Retired. 1946 Died December 4. Member of: National Organization for Public Health Nursing National League of Nursing Education American Nurses Association Episcopalian Club Honorary member of: Florence Nightingale International Foundation Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing Honorary degree of Doctorate of Laws, Smith College

From the guide to the Mary Beard papers, 1926-1948., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)

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  • Nurses
  • Nursing
  • Public health
  • Women
  • Women in medicine

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