Jean, Sally Lucas, 1878-1971

Sally Lucas Jean, pioneer health educator, was director of the Child Health Organization of America, 1918-1923; a supervisor of health education for the U.S. Indian Service, 1934-1935; and consultant in heath education in many countries, 1920s-1950s.

From the description of Sally Lucas Jean papers, 1914-1966 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25740286

Sally Lucas Jean served as a board member of the American Association for Gifted Children and promoted programs concerned with maternal and child health, tuberculosis control, nutrition and other health-related activities.

From the description of Sally Lucas Jean papers, 1948-1972. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64071682

Epithet: Director Child Health Organization of America

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x000315

Pioneer health educator Sally Lucas Jean was born in Towson, Maryland, 18 June 1878, the daughter of George B. and Emilie Watkins (Selby) Jean. She graduated from the Maryland Homeopathic Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1898 and served as an army nurse during the Spanish-American War. From 1914 to 1917, she was a social health worker at the Locust Point School in Baltimore. Jean worked with many organizations concerned with public health, health education, and child health, and served as director of the Child Health Organization of America, 1918 to 1923, and of the Health Education Division of the American Child Health Association, 1923 to 1924.

As a consultant in health education begining in 1924, she advised on health programs in Belgium, the Philippines, China, Japan, the Panama Canal Zone, the Republic of Panama, and the Virgin Islands. Jean served as a supervisor of health education for the United States Indian Service, 1934 to 1935, and as a consultant in health education for the University of Denver summer school, 1942; the Colorado River War Relocation Authority, Poston, Arizona, 1942 to 1943; and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1943 to 1951.

Jean was a member of the advisory education group of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and of many professional health education organizations. She was the author of numerous articles and pamphlets on public health and health education and co-author of Spending the Day in China, Japan, and the Philippines. Jean died 5 July 1971.

From the guide to the Sally Lucas Jean Papers, 1914-1966, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)