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Lillian Wald

$1.25

Born March 10, 1867, Died September 1, 1940

Vol XCIII, No. 311

Career

Early life

-Worked at the Juvenile Asylum

-Taught classes to poor immigrants

-Turning point

-Teamed up with Mary Brewster

College Settlement House

Tenemant house on Jefferson St.

1895 Established Henry Street Settlement (92 Staff by 1913)

Turned into the Visiting Nurse service

-Also taught cooking, how to sew

provided Recreational activities

Parents Max and Minni Schwartz Wald

Max was an Optical goods dealer in Cincinnati, then Dayton, 1878 moved to Rochester NY.

3rd of 4 children

Early Education:

-Miss Cruttenden's English/French boarding and Day school in Rochester NY

-Applied to Vasser college, Denied due to age (16)

-22 yrs old-enrolled at New York Hospital Training school for nurses, Graduated 1891

-Women's Medical College

Nursing is love in action, and there is no finer manifestation of it than the care of the poor and disabled in their own homes.

Reference

Impact on Nursing

-Advocate for Child Labor Reform

-Work place safety

-School Nurses

-Henry Street Settlement still exists and has grown tremendously

-3,000 staff members

-Service 700,000 annually

http://www.henrystreet.org/about/history/lillian-wald.html

Jewish Virtual Library. (2014). Lillian Wald. Retrieved from http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wald.html

National Women’s History Museum. (n.d.). Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940) Retrieved from https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/lillian-wald/

Visiting Nurse Service of New York. (2014). Lillian Wald. Retrieved from http://www.vnsny.org/community/our-history/lillian-wald/

Working Nurse. (2014). Lillian Wald Founded Public Health Nursing. Retrieved from http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/lillian-wald-founded-public-health-nursing

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