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ISSN 1049-2259
1993 Vol 5 No 2
PROFESSIONAL NURSING AND THE
WORLD'S COLillvIBIAN ExpOSmON
Nineteen nincty-lhre.e marks several anniversaries. This faU, the American A ociation for the
Hislory of Nursing (AAI-IN), l11e National League for Nursing, and the University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing will sponsor the Tenth Annual Meeting of the AAHN. Furthermore, il i the
hundredth anniven;ary of l11e opening of the World's Columbian Exposition held at Chicago, which
hosted an important meeting of nursing leader . The meeting proved 10 be a watershed in the
profe ion' S growth.
On May I, 1893, President Grover Cleveland presented the wonder of electricity to thousands of
onlookers at Ule World's Fair by ligbting l11e fair's two mile stretch along the 'horeline of Lake
Michigan with electric lights. Many of the more l1lan 27
million people who visited the exposition in its brief six
months of CxisLCnce bad never seen electric Iigbts, flor a
IIwnbcr of the uew inventions and amusements, like the
(George W. G.) Ferris wheel.
While much of the fair was devoted to the promotion of
industry, several exhibits examined oLher cui lures and coun­
Lrie and fostered a spirit of internationalism. Through a
combination of these culLural exhibits and the magnificent
buildings of Louis Sullivan, George McKim, and Richard
Morris Hunt, the fair also soughlto create a utopian vision for
visitors. In that vein, fair organizers invited the fnLCmaliona.l
Congress of Chari Lies, Correction and Philanthropy LO hold a
meeting at the Columbian Exposition.
"from June 12througb 17, 1893, physi ians, nurse ,
eduC<ILors, and hospital superintendents from the United States
and Europe gathered to present papers on a variety of healUt
Mary E. P. Davjs. ca. posl-1878.
care issues under the rubric The Hospital Care ofthe Sick,
Training of Nurses. Dispensary, Work, and First Aid to the Injured. Nurses figured prominently, with
lsabel Hampton, then upcrintendcnt of nurses and principal of the Training School at The Johns
Hopkins Hospital, chairing the nursing seclion of llle Congre .
This gathering steered a course toward increased profesSional training for nurses. Those in
attendance brought a wealth of domestic and foreign professional experience. They
all shared, however, an interest in defining l11e statu of nursing, and in addressing
Center
the needs of nursing education and of those pracLicing in llle emerging field.
Nursing leader and suffragist Lavinia Dock, who was then the assistant
The Study
superimendem of nurses at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, presented her papcr,"The
Relation of Training Schools to Hospitals," in which she eruditely described the
The
ollen conllicting interests between hospitals and training, chools. Dock advocated
administrative autonomy for training schools SO Lhat ho pitals' malCriaJ prosperity
UNIVERSITY OF PENN YLVt\NlA
would nOl exclusively dictate Ule qUality of nursing education or paLiem care.
Mary E. P. Davis, superinL.endem of Ul Training School for Nurses atllle
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Hospital of lhe University of Pennsylvanhl., read a paper entitled "Trained Nurses as
Superintendellts of Hospitals" that lisled the characteristics of a successful superin­
tendenL. Among Ulese characteristics were "Liberal education, large execuLive
ability and adaptability, firmly grounded in principles of justice and morality; [the
ability to] work side by side wiUl an etjual without friction, or (toJ direct subordi­
for
of
History of Nursing
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CENTER FOR THE STUDY
OF
NEWS FROM THE CENTER THE HISTORY OF
NURSING
The Center for The Study of The
History of Nursing was established in
1985 to encourage and facilitate
historicaJ scholarship on health care
history and nursing in the United
States. Now in iL'! eighth year of
existence, Ule Center continues to create
and maintain a resource Cor sucb
research; to improve the quality and
scope of historical scholarship on
nursing; and to disseminate new
knowledge on nursing history Ulrough
education, conferences, publications,
and inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Current projects at the Center
range from studies of international
nursing, borne-based nursing, and
research on care of the critically i11to
the twen tieth-century relationship
between nursing and American
philanthropy. We also continue to
collect., process, and catalogue an
outstanding collection of primary
hist rical materials.
Feel free Lo visit the Center
Monday-Friday, 9:()()...5:00 p.m.
Scholars planning to conduct research
at tbe Center should contacllbe
Center's archivist at 215-898-4502. Our
archivist will re pond with a description
of the scope and conlent of relevant
materials in the various collections.
Center Advisory Board
Lillian Sholtis Brunner, Chair
M. louise fitzpatrick, Vice Clulir
Helen Edwards
leanne Kiefiler
Ann P. Knight
Nadine Landis
Eleanor C. LamberlSen
Marlc Frazier Lloyd
Charles E. Rosenberg
Stephanie A. Stachniewicz
Tina Weintraub
Center Starr
Joan E. Lynaugh, PhD, FAAN
Director
EUen D. Baer, PbD, foAAN
Associale Director
Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, PhD, FAAN
Associale Director
Margo Szabunia
Archivist
Carla Castillo
Editor and Coordinator
PROJEer ARCIllVIST DEPAKfS I'OR TIlE UNIVERSITY ARCHrVE
In the Spring 1992 issue of The Chronicle. !.he Center warmly welcomed Dr. Kaiyi
Cben as the new project archivist for the Center's Nursing History Processing and
Cataloging Project funded by the Nalionalllistorical Publications and Records Com­
mission. In hi year at the Center. Dr. Chen arranged and described the majority of the
300 linear feel of hislOrical manuscripts. Due to bis efforts, the list of manuscripts that
are now fully processed and available to researchers at the Center include: the Records
of the Alumnae A ociation of the School of Nursing of Mercy-Douglass Hospital, the
Records of the ViSiting Nurse Association of Eastern Montgomery Coumy, the Records
of the Neighborhood Visiting Nurse Association. and the papers of Thelma M. Schorr,
Edna E. LaPorte Strumpf, Claire M. f'agin, Dorothy Mercness. and Theresa Lynch .
We at the Center are saddened by the departure of Dr. Chen, but we are pleased
and proud of his wonderful new opportunity at Penn's University Archives and Record
Cenler. One of Dr. Chen's most recent accomplishments at the University Archives is a
"Guide lO the Scbool of Nursing Records from 1908-1990." We hope that you will be
able to drop by the University Archives and Record Center sometime and take a look
al Dr. Chen's "Guide".
NEW ARCI-llVIST APPOIN1ED
The Center wannly welcomes Margo
Szabunia on board as the new archivisL Ms.
Szabunia is a certified archivist who has spent
the pasllhree years doing extensive field work
for !he BalCh Institute for Ethnic Studies
(Philadelphia). Previously employed by !he
National Archives. Ms. Szabunia hold a
bachelor's degree in American Civilization from
the University of Pennsylvania and a master's
degree in American Social History from Temple
University.
Ms. Szabunia will build on the valuable
work of ber predecessors and continue the
collection, pre ervation, and cataloging of
historically significant primary source materials
that document nursing and health care hjstory.
These holdings include the ree rds of ho pitals,
schools of nursing, nursing alumni associations,
voluntary non-profil associations, profesSional
associations, military as ociations, and the
ArchiviSI Margo SzablUlia. personal papers of individual practitioners, collectors, and researchers. Ms. Szabunia will maintain the bolding as well as assiSl researchers in accessing and utilizing them. While these primary sources have belped the Cenler established itself as a preemi­
nent resource for nursing history scholar ', documentation is incomplete. Thu Ms.
Szabunia will also as 'iSl in seeking OUl and acquiring institutional and eommunily­
based records. as well as personal papers, to further develop the Center's arcbival
collection.
If you of your organization bas any records you would like lO ce processed and
preserved, or if you have any questions on primary sources of nursing hislOry, please
contact Archivist 5mbunia at 215-8984502.
THE 1993 TRADmONAL PROCESSION TO TIrE WOODLANDS CEMErnRY The tradition of the Procession date back to the death of Alice FISher m 1888. Regarded as a heroine for her reforms in patient care at the City Hospital, Philadelphia (conJinued on page 5)
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STUDENT WORKERS AT THE CENTER Since its opened in 1985, !he CenLer has depended upon the
invaluable help of studenL worken; and volunteers to carry OUL
the multifaceted work of the Center. We at the Cemer fecI that
now is an opporlWle time to thank our student workers for the
many hours that they have contributed to !he Center' growth.
Not only bave they helped Center stall' with basic daily chores,
they have processed, under the upervision of Center staff, many
of the Center's rare manuscript collections. Needless to say, they
are an important part of Ibe knowledge bank at Ibe CenLer. We
hope you will enjoy what Ibey have to share with you.
Lisa Baumgartner's original
duties when she began at Ibe
Center two and a half years ago
consi ted primarily of typing
assignments. Since th.11 time,
however, she has also taken on
more weighty projects. TIer first
such project, which she con iders
her "personal favorite and a must­
see for the nursing researcher," was
thc organizaLion and listing of 800
photograph in the Mercy­
Douglass Hospital School of
NurSing collection.
"The photographs fabulously depict the evolution of Mercy­
Douglass Hospital as well as African-American nursing," st.1tcd
Lisa. "Pictures of buildings, such as the 1896 shot of Frederick
Douglass Hospital and exterior shots of Mercy Ho pital, and Ibe
annual forolal photos of the graduating classes trace these
changes. (The two schools merged in 1948.) Shots of graduating
classes from both schools clearly show the growth of African­
American nursing, as is visible from the increasing class sizes.
The collection also reveals details of nursing students' daily
lives, depicting classrooms, OOmI rooms, extracurricular
activities such as Ibe basketball team, and, finally, special
ceremonies such as capping and candle lighting." The Mercy­
Douglass Hospital School of Nursing graduated it last class in
]960. Tbe Hospital officially closed in 1973.
Lisa's second project has been the creation of "user­
friendly" lists of me approximately 750 books in the Center's
Rare Books collection. "While it is possible to access Ibese
books through the Research Libraries Information Network
(RUN)," continued Lisa, "we wanLe(J to come up wilb a more
accessible system for the researcher less comfortable with
databases." Lisa has put together three very bandy IislS: one
compiled by author, one by tiLle, and !he last by call number.
She is currently working on Ibe fmallisting organized by subject
heading. "With already weU over one hundred diITerenL subject
headings," added Lisa, "the list includes sucb diverse topics as
human experimentation, rwal heallb, and Asiatic cholera.... Lisa
feels that researchers will greatly benefit from Ibe Center's solid
coUection, which range from nursing biographies, nursing
school hi.. . tories and nursing handbooks, to books that reveal the
impact of social issues on medicine, such as the emergence of
African-American and Jemale physicians.
Jonalban Green has been
with the Center as long as
Lisa.. In addition to being Ibe
Center' handyman, Jon bas
aI 0 processed manuscript
collections.
In his flfS! year Jon
learned the "'art' oftransrorm­
ing raw material into an
organized manuscript collec­
tion."
"In the past year," stated
Jon, "l.have had the opponunity to tackle the processing of a
considembly larger coUecuon, that of the Lankeoau Ho pital
S hool of Nursing. This collection, briefly described in the
Recem Acquisitions section of the last i ue of 71/e Chronicle,
was generated by one of Philadelphia's oldest nursing diploma
progrnms. The school opened ilS doors in 1899. and graduated
its final dass in May of 1992."
To process me collection, Jon first distinguished between
partS that required processing and those that did noL "For
instancc," explained Jon, "student records-the transcripts and
records that document a person's academic career- are not
processed to the same degree as are olber materials in the
collection. There are often thousands of such records, and what
with a fifty-year access restriction, il may be years before some
of the more recent student records are viewed by researchers.
Since these records accounted for nearly half of Ule Lankenau
collection, a mere re-boxing greatly reduced the size of my task.
"The next stage of processing involved transferring all
records, papers, minutes, Cle. (everything in the collection save
photographs, books, and artifacts), to acid-free containers and
folders. Ultimately, the entire collection will be housed in acid­
free manuscript or document cases, or, in Ibe case of pboto­
graphs and larger items, in acid-free flat boxe .
"Those materials that were already ill clearly labeled folders
were simply tran ferred inlo acid-free folders; those which were
nOl had to be categorized before being transferred. Since much
of the Lankenau collection had been well organized before we
received it. many materials only needed to be shifted to acid­
free folders. This transfer, however, often involved removing
items such as stapJes and paper clips. This was done in order 10
insure that the metal would nol cause further deterioration of the
records. Where a 'grouping' device was truJy needed, plastic
paper clip were substituted for their metal counterpartS.
"After having completed the relatively easy yet time­
conSuming task of transferring materiaJs from the clearly
marked and ordered folders, I tackled the somewhat more
difficult job of categorizing and organizing the other materials.
This involved anything from pUlting issues of newsleUers and
magazines in a chronological order to creating subject files
appropriate to the materials. Once this was done, and] had a
good idea of what was contained in the collection, I could begin
to think about organizing the collection as a whole. I broke the
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1993 ANNUAL MEETING
OF TIm
AAHN
The Center for Tbe Study of The
History of Nursing would Like to wannly
welcome all interested individual. to me
1993 Annual Meeting of the American
Association for me History of Nur 'ing
(AAJ-IN). The meeting will be held in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Hotel
Atop the Bellevue from October 1
through 3. Refereed papers and posters
on a wide range of nursing Ilistory
subjects will be presented as well as a
book mart of historical reference
material. This year's meeting is co­
bosted by the AAHN, the National
League for Nursing, and the Uruversity
of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. For
further details, please contact Dr. Julie
Fairman, conference chair, at the Center
al215-8984502.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING (conJinuedfrompa.~e 1)
nates wilboul antagonizing them." Davis thought a superinlendent (d'Uldidate should be
"ready for emergencies of all kinds, to be seU'-possessed, never to lose her presence of
mind under any circwnSLance, to act coolly and promptly in the most trying situa­
tions."1 Lamenting tIle lack of business training in nurses' urricula, Davis advocated
me addition of business courses to nurses' training in onJer to make nurses more adept
administrators. This suggestion, which bardly seems earth-shaking today, was met wilb
a great deal of skepticism.
The immediate outcome of th~ congress was two-fold. First. some attendees, such
as Lucy Walker-DonnelJ, upcrintendent of Presbyterian Training School in Philadel­
phia, returned to Ibeir respective institutions and implemented longer, more stringent
training programs. Second, this meeting of nursing leaders wa'i Ihe genes is of the
American ociety of Superintendents of Trairung choal for Nurses. which would
later become the National League for Nursing. The fonnation of other national nursing
organizations. such as the Associated AlumIk'le of the United States and Canada
(founded 1896), would follow. Once this meeting in Chicago dispersed, nursing
education was poised to make great leaps in standardiz.'ltion while nurse gained more
control over Ibeir profession.
1. Mary E. P. Davis. "Trained Nurses as Superintendents of Hospitals," in Hospitall',
Dispensaries and Nursing, eds. John S. Billings and lIenry M. Hurd (1894; reprinl, New York:
Garland Publishing. Inc., 1984).
STUDENT WORKERS AT 1lffi CENTER
coUection up into ten sections or series.
ranging from administrative records to
artifacts and photographs. Eacb folder or
record was placed (alphabetically)
wilbin the appropriate series. (In the
interest of making the bulk of the
collection available to researcbers as
soon as possible, processing of the
photographs, books, and artifacts was
put oU untillbe rest of the collection had
been completed.) Once segregated by
series, the collection was shifted to the
more permanent document cases.
"lthen created a deraiJed inventory
of lbe collection. This inventory includes
a short history of tbe Lankenau Hospital
School of Nursing as welJ as brief
descriptions of each of tbe serie . The
inventory listing is arranged by series,
and gives box number, folder nwnber,
and corresponding folder name.
"The last part of the project was the
processing of the remaining materials, a
task on which I am currenUy working. A
nwnber of the photographs donated are
in poor condition and, therefore, have
required extra attention and care. Many
of these were once framed and are thus
mounted (rather pennanenUy. I'm
afraid) on pieces of cardboard. Those
that are very damaged will be photo­
grapbed in order to preserve tbe image
(conJinued/rompagd)
for posterily. Fortunately, most of the photographs are nol in sucb a tale. Nevertheless,
they are being placed in protective mylar , leeves ibat eliminate direct human contact
while allowing clear viewing of the images. The photographs williben be separated
into a number of different sub-series. The books and artifacts will be me last part of the
collection to be processed."
As must be reacJily apparent, processing a manuscript collection is a very liJne­
consuming and involved task.
Like Jonalhan, Diane Sankey also concen­
trates on procesSing Center manuscript collec­
tions. As a second degree nursing student, she
enjoys doing this type of work because she can
see Ibe changes that have occurred in nursing
over me years. "I al 0 gel to look into me
background of some of the nurses responsible for
ome of tbose change ." Although Diane bas
worked on only Ulfee collections, she has learned
much about her profession's past
For example. the flfst collection Diane
processed was that of 'Thelma M. Schorr, co­
aulbor of Making Choices, Taking Chances.
Scborr also became editor of the American Journal of Nursing in 1970.
From the Mary C. Brennan Papers, Diane learned about the life and work of a
World War II nurse. "In 1941," explained Diane, "Brennan jOined the army nurses
corp. She belped 10 set up field hospitals Ibal were packed up and senl to battIe areas.
After the war s.he became the director of nursing atRoger William General Hospital
in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1960 she moved on to another such position al
Sewickley Valley Hospital in SewickJey, Pennsylvania That was also llle year when
she becam~ president of the Pennsylvania League for Nursing. In 1969 she returned to
Pbiladelphia where she still resides."
Diane in currently processing the Papers of Alice M. Robinson, a psychiatric nurse
wbo served in World War 11 and who was later editor of NurSing Outlook and RN
Magazine.
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LILLIAN SHOLTIS
REcENT ACQUISmONS BRUNNER SUM?v1ER
Manuscript CoUections
TIle Visiling Nurse Association ofAlleghen.y County. 1919-1987, 6.25 linear feet.
Founded in 1919 as the Public HeaJl..b Nursing Association of Pi Usburgh (PHNA)
in response to a urvey made by Ihe Women's Division of the Allegheny County
Council on Defense,
Ihis organization
coordinated the first
nursing services in
PiLtsburgh. Its
fonnaLion came on
the heels of World
War I and was
intended lO address
the lack of home-care
facilitie on a city­
wide basis for victims
of the great 1918-19
influenza epidemic.
Soon PHNA extended
service to outlying
county areas and
expanded its services.
Tn 1949 PI-INA
became the VislLing
A visiting nurse of the \INA ofAllegheny Coullty with chiUlren in the
Nurse Association of Pittsburgh area, ca. 1940.
Allegheny County. Records consist of founding correspondence, fund raising efforts.
annual reports, patient care assessments, and photographs. A preliminary finding aid is
available at the Center.
National FlUldfor Medical Education, 1949-1990, 186 linear feet.
In 1991 the Center accessioned the largest of its collections Lo date- 178 feel of
records from the National Fund for Medical Education (NrME). Recently the Center
received an addition of approximately 8 linear feel This addition will add to the
documentation in the NFME collection of the funding of programs and project · in
medical schools and teaching hospitals throughout Ibe United Slates.
NEWS FROM 1HE CENTER
FELLOWSHIP
The Lillian Sholtis Brunner
Summer rellowship for Historical
Research in Nursing will again be
offered in 1994 by the Center for The
Swdy of The History of Nursing at
the University of Pennsylvania. MaL
and Lillian Brunner's generosity
makes it possible for the Center to
offer this research fellowship support·
ing 6 to 8 weeks of residential study
and use of Ihe Center's collection.
Selection of Brunner schoi.:'lfs will be
based on evidence of preparation andJ
or productivity in historical research
related to nursing. Brunner scholars
will work under the general direction
of nurse historian associated with the
Center. Research completed by the
fellow ' will help insure the growth of
scholarly work in nursing history.
Applicants for the $2,500 Brunner
Fellowship should conlt'lct Ibe Center
for The Study of The Hi tory Of
Nursing, University of Pennsyl vania,
cbool of Nursing. 307 Nursing
Education Building, Philadelphia, PA
19104-6906, or 001215-8984502.
The application deadline L December
31,1993.
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townspeople and professionals alike commemorated her memory for decades after ber
death with a proces ion to her grave. Wilb Ibe reinstatement of this tradition in 1990,
the Center for The Sludy o/The Ilistory of Nursing and Philadelphia nurses wiU honor
S. Lillian Clayton and Alice Fisher as well as modem·day nurses. Such historic figures
symbolize Ibe vital and enduring qualities of nursing history in Philadelpbia. A formal
presentation of a bronze plaque before the graves of Fisher and Clayton will be
highlighted.
The Procession will be held on Friday, May 7. 1993, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. It
will begin with introductions at the entrance to The Woodlands Cemetery at 40th and
Woodland Avenue. The Watson Bagpipers will lead the marchers to the graves of
Fisher and Clayton for a brief graveside ceremony and to the reception in The Wood­
lands' ancesual Hamilton Mansion. The Center welcomes all members and friends of
history to this evenl Please RSVP at 215-8984502 by Friday, April 23.
CENrnR POST-DocroRAL REsEARaI FEllOW PRESENTS xr NCNR
Julie Fainnan. PhD, RN, Post·Doctoral Research Fellow allbe Center, will present
"S.bared Expectations: Nurse·Physician Collaboration in Ibe Development of ICUs,
1950-1965" at the Natjonal Critical Care
Nursing Research Conference of Ibe
American Association of Critical- are
Nurses (AACN) in Anaheim, Caljfomia,
on May 23, 1993. The paper, based on a
portion of her doctoral research, exruD­
Illes the importance of nurse-pbysician
communication and con ultation in the
reorganiz.1tion of nursing care of Ibe
critically ill into lCUs. Envisioning rcus
as a process of relationships rather than
technologic progress allows a broader
analysis of the care of the critically iU.
The paper is included in a section
focusing on methods and measurement,
highlighting the AACN's long commit­
ment to hi torieal research.
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ALICE FISHER SOCIE1Y
NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND
HIsroRICAL SrnOLARSHIP
ALUMNI RELATIONS
Tbe Alice Fisher Society
Historical Scholarship will again be
offered in 1994 by the Center f or The
Swdy of The History of Nursing at
the University of Pennsylvania The
generosity of the Alumni Association
of the Philadelphia General lIospiLaJ
Training School for Nurses makes it
possible for LIle Center to offer this
researcb scholarship. The $2,500
award will be open to nurses at the
master's or doctoral level who are
seeking assistance with research and
writing as part of their sludy of
history. Each scholar will be expected
to spend 4 to 6 weeks in residence at
the Center.
Inauguration of the Scholarship
celcbmtes the hundredth anniversary
of ilie founding of ilie Alice Fisher
Society in 1893. The Society was ilie
forerunner of the current Alumni
Association, which remain active
and involVed in improving nursing.
Applications for the Alice Fisher
Society Historical Scholarship may
be obtained by writing to the Center
for The Study of The History of
Nur ing, University of Pennsylvania,
School of Nursing, 307 Nursing
Education Building, Philadelpbia,
PA, 19014-6096, or call 215-898­
4502. The application deadline is
December 31, 1993.
Nom In the Fall 1992 issue of TIle
Chronicle in the News from the Center
section, LIle Records of the Neighbor­
hood Visiting Nurses Association was
inadvertently included in "An Update:
Nursing History Processing and Catalog­
ing Project" Please note that thi
collection is not part of the Cataloging
Project and that voluteer ruta Beally,
under the supervision of Dr. Kaiyi Chen,
processed thi collection as part of
normal Center processing duties.
The hi tory of nursing i told in the live and careers of thousands of strong and
determined individuals who have dedicated themselves to the health and weH-being of
this country's citizenI)'.
In memory of two such nurses.. a special fund was established to support the work
of the Celller. Friends and colleagues of Madelyn Nelson Hall and Eleanor Erlichman
Lefson, joined together to recognize the many contributions these two women made to
public health nursing in Philadelphia.
Madelyn Nelson HaIl received berRN from Gennantown Hospital, a BSN from
the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and a master's in Nursing Education
from New York University. After her appointment as director of the ncwly-organi7..ed
Division of Public Health Nursing in Philadelphia, she reorganized nursing in the
Health Department, and, willi the help ofEJeanor Lefson, consolidated the registered
nurses from cilY agencies into the Division of Public Health Nursing. After retiring
from the Division, Ms. Hall provided consultation services to many nursing agencies
and traveled extensively. She passed away in 1989.
A native of Philadelphia, Eleanor Erlichman Lefson received her bachelor's
degree from the University of Pennsylvania, an RN from Bellevue Hospital School of
Nursing, and a mru Ler's in Education from Columbia University. Madelyn Hall
appointed Ms. Lefson director of education at the Division of Public Health Nursing in
the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, where she organized the in-service
training curriculum in mental health, communicable diseases, occupational therapy,
tuberculosis, venereal diseases, and nutrition. 10 addition to her contributions to the
department, she "'1Ught nurses and area health profesSionals at Temple UniverSity. She
is remembered by her friends for her love of Asian objects and antiques, her dedication
to her mother, and her frequent travels.
The following friends have made contributions in memory of Eleanor Lef on and
Madelyn Hall:
Ann Cunningham Au lin
Catherine (Cass) Bovio
Marian Bryan Mathur
BeLLe W. Buffington
Isabelle Carson
Margaret Curro
Joyce Federlein
Matilde Del Ros..'Uio Burnick
Marie L. Garvin
Virginia M. Good
Donna E. J-laney
Elsie Hugo
Erlene Jamison
Betty T. Josephson
Charmaine Kissinger
Margaret Kauffman
Margaret Komblueh
Josephine Lentz
Molly McLaughlin
Bernadine Malinowski
Mildred Levin
Mabel Morris
Helen C. Parke
Elaine Pmther
ruta Sellers
Laura Randar
Eleanor Welsh
Margery J. V losky
Florence J. Wills
Additional contributions in memory of Ms. Hall and M . Lefson can be selllto Dr.
loan Lynaugh, Director of the Center for The Study o/The History of Nursing,
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 307 Nursing Education Building,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096. Cbecks should be made payabl to the Trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania- Nursing HJstory Center.
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The Center f or The Study of The ffiSlory o/Nursing is a national resource com­
mitted to the preservation and exploration of DImes' unique contributions to health
care in America. You C<'Ul help the Center in its work and, al the same time, pay tribute
to nursing or a particular nurse, by making a gifllo the Center. Gifts are tax-dedUct­
ible. for more infonnation about gifts in memory of an individual or an organization,
please contact Director of Development Kale Judge a1215 -898-4841.
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DONORS TO THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE HIsTORY OF NURSING
JULY
Friends of the Center
Elizabeth Bear
Elaine Benson
Neltie Bimbach
Georgeanna Biltner
Catherine Bovio
Mary Brennan
Judy Briggs
Brenda Brown
Susan Bronoli-StiJler
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