Brief history of Illinois Training School for Nurses / Mrs. J.M. Flower, [1887?].

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Brief history of Illinois Training School for Nurses / Mrs. J.M. Flower, [1887?].

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History is in form of a letter addressed to editor; "In accordance with your request that a brief history ... should be furnished to the readers of your valuable journal ... "

12 leaves ; 32 cm.

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The Illinois Training School for Nurses (ITS), Chicago's first nursing school, was established on September 21, 1880, by a group of prominent Chicago women determined to promote the application of scientific methods to the field of nursing and to provide trained nurses for the Cook County Hospital. Twenty-five directors, all female, headed the project. Prominent among these women were Sarah L. Wright, Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, Margaret Lawrence, Lucy L. Flower, and Elizabeth B. Carpenter. On ...