Helen Maria Roser (January 6, 1903 – March 16, 1992) was an American nurse and nursing educator. She was associate director of the Hartford Hospital School of Nursing, and co-author of an anatomy and physiology textbook for nurses.
Helen Maria Roser | |
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 Helen Maria Roser, from the 1925 yearbook of Mount Holyoke College | |
| Born | January 6, 1903 Glastonbury, Connecticut |
| Died | March 16, 1992 (aged 89) Hartford, Connecticut |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, nursing educator, textbook author |
Early life and education
editRoser was from Glastonbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Herman Roser and Maria Ursula Heim Roser. Both of her parents were immigrants from Germany; her father was president of a tannery,[1] and her mother was a founding member of the Visiting Nurses Association in Glastonbury.[2] Helen Roser graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1925.[3] She earned a nursing degree from Columbia University School of Nursing and a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University.[4]
Career
editRoser was a nurse and nursing educator. She was head nurse at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, and taught nursing courses at Columbia University.[4] She was co-author of Anatomy and physiology laboratory manual and study guide (1939, 1943, 1948), with Barry Griffith King; the textbook went through several editions in the 1940s.[5][6][7] During World War II, she was director of nursing education at the Institute of Living, a psychiatric facility in Hartford.[4][8] She was assistant executive secretary of the American Nurses Association's Professional Counseling and Placement Service from 1945 to 1953, based at ANA's headquarters in Maryland.[9][10][11] In 1947, she spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, in Atlanta.[12]
She was associate director of the Hartford Hospital School of Nursing in Connecticut from 1953[13] until she retired in 1968.[14] In retirement, she was active with the Visiting Nurses Association, the Women's Board of Hartford Seminary, and the Campfire Girls.[15]
Personal life
editRoser died in 1992, in Hartford, aged 89 years.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Death Takes President of Leather Firm". Hartford Courant. 1947-03-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Glastonbury Woman Dies at Age 100". Hartford Courant. 1968-09-10. p. 54. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mount Holyoke College, Llamarada (1925 yearbook): 131.
- ^ a b c d "Helen Roser; nurse and educator". Hartford Courant. 1992-03-18. p. 52. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schwarz, Helen G. (1940). "Review of Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual and Study Guide". The American Journal of Nursing. 40 (1): 111–112. doi:10.2307/3414027. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3414027.
- ^ Oppe, Greta (April 1944). "King, Barry Griffith, and Roser, Helen Maria. Anatomy and physiology laboratory manual and study guide. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1943". Science Education. 28 (3): 185. doi:10.1002/sce.3730280330. ISSN 0036-8326.
- ^ Glass, Bentley (1948). "Review of Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual and Study Guide". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 23 (4): 364. doi:10.1086/396680. ISSN 0033-5770. JSTOR 2813206.
- ^ "News about Nursing". The American Journal of Nursing. 41 (11): 1337–1338. 1941. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3416329.
- ^ "Appointed". Hartford Courant. 1945-09-19. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roser, Helen M. (1947). "South America". The American Journal of Nursing. 47 (2): 125. doi:10.2307/3457307. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3457307.
- ^ "News about Nursing". The American Journal of Nursing. 45 (10): 857–858. 1945. ISSN 0002-936X. JSTOR 3416509.
- ^ "Annual Meeting of the Colored Graduate Nurses, Atlanta, Ga". National Negro Health News: 22–23. April–June 1947.
- ^ "Nursing Director". Hartford Courant. 1953-08-16. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Audet, Patricia M. "Hartford Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae - Our History". Hartford Hospital. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ "Helen Maria Roser (death notice)". Hartford Courant. 1992-03-18. p. 37. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via Newspapers.com.