Dolan, Josephine A

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Josephine Dolan was a nationally recognized nurse educator who served as the first professor of nursing at the University of Connecticut.

From the description of Josephine A. Dolan collection, 1833-1993. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 45838323

Nursing professor and historian.

Dolan was the first instructor in the School of Nursing at the University of Connecticut (1944), where she taught a course on the history of nursing. She pursued nursing history for the remainder of her lengthy career, including her work with the Committee on Historic Source Materials in Nursing. Dolan received many honors, including the first National League for Nursing Distinguished Service Award (1972), an honorary degree from Boston College (1987), and the Massachusetts Nurses Association's Lucy Lincoln Drown Nursing History Society's award (1992). Dolan died in 2004.

From the description of Josephine A. Dolan collection of nursing history, 1855-2005. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 35863195

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creatorOf Dolan, Josephine A. Josephine A. Dolan collection, 1833-1993. University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library
creatorOf Dolan, Josephine A. Josephine A. Dolan collection of nursing history, 1855-2005. Boston College. John J. Burns Library
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associatedWith Fisher, Alice, 1839-1888. person
associatedWith Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. person
associatedWith University of Connecticut. School of Nursing. corporateBody
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Nursing
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Educators
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