10 Interesting Fact About Famous nurses

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• Florence Nightingale is one of the famous nurses recognized as the founder of the professionalism of modern nurses.
• Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black nurse listed in the United States.
• Clara Barton is the founder of American Red Cross and is famous as a nurse during the American civil war.
• Edith Cavell is a British nurse known for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides during World War I.
• Mary Breckkinridge is the founder of Frontier Nursing Service and is recognized as a pioneer of obstetric care in the United States.
• Dorothea Dix is a social reformer who helps improve the living conditions of people with mental disorders and mental health in the United States.
• Margaret Sanger is a nurse who is famous as a pioneer of birth control movements.
• Mary Adelaide Nutting is a nurse educator and writer who leads reforms in nurses' education in the United States.
• Virginia Henderson is a famous nurse who is recognized as the mother of modern nursing theory.
• Elizabeth Kenny is an Australian nurse known for introducing physical therapy to treat polio.