Subject: Sheahan, Marion Winifred 1892-1994
National Committee for the Improvement of Nursing Services
American Public Health Association
National Organization for Public Health Nursing (U.S.)
Type: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1949
Topic: Nursing
Public health
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3316]
Summary: Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N. (1892-1994) was Executive Director of the National Committee for the Improvement of Nursing Services when she was honored with a 1949 Lasker Award from the American Public Health Association. A pioneer in public health nursing, mobilizing efforts during World War II, on the home front and front lines, she had worked in New York settlements and as a family health counselor and director of public health nursing in New York. A graduate of St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, she served as president of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, 1944-46, and was instrumental in changing the licensing requirements for public health nurses
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